On the Formation of Cup-like Ion Beam Distributions in the Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 48, Issue 42496, 1996, Pages 781-797

  Büchner, Jörg ^a   Kuska, Jens Peer ^a  

^a Max Planck intitut für extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

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EID: 33748008705     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.781     Document Type: Article

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