Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetotail: Review of the Japanese Contribution with the Spacecraft Geotail

COSPAR Colloquia Series

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2005, Pages 87-99

  Nagai, T ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33747305148     PISSN: 09642749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-2749(05)80015-0     Document Type: Article

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