Effects of a moving X-line in a time-dependent reconnection model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 293-302

  Kiehas, S A ^a,b   Semenov, V S ^c   Kubyshkin, I V ^c   Tolstykh, Yu V ^c   Penz, T ^a,b,d   Biernat, H K ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; MODEL; PLASMA; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33846876288     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-293-2007     Document Type: Article

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