Reproducing the bipolar magnetic signature at the jet leading edge by three-dimensional reconnection with nonzero guide field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Shirataka, N ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a   Hasegawa, H ^b   TanDokoro, R ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOTAIL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33846415078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011521     Document Type: Article

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