Criteria for and statistics of electron diffusion regions associated with subsolar magnetic field reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Mozer, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845785601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011258     Document Type: Article

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