Physics of saturation of collisionless tearing mode as a function of guide field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Karimabadi, Homa ^a   Daughton, William ^b,c   Quest, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33747311903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010749     Document Type: Article

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