Steady state slow shock inside the Earth's magnetosheath: To be or not to be? 1. The original observations revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Hubert, D ^a   Samsonov, A ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Diversion; Magnetosheath; MHD; Transition,convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845728758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010008     Document Type: Article

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