Relativistic electron production during driven magnetic reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Pritchett, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INDUCTIVE RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA SHEET CONFIGURATION;

ELECTRONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845678465     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025267     Document Type: Article

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