Magnetic reconnection at the heliospheric current sheet and the formation of closed magnetic field lines in the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Gosling, J T ^a,b   McComas, D J ^b   Skoug, R M ^c   Smith, C W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT;

HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEETS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CURRENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33845638304     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027188     Document Type: Article

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