Resistive MHD simulations of Ganymede's magnetosphere 2. Birkeland currents and particle energetics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Ip, Wing Huen ^a,b   Kopp, Andreas ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Astronomy National Central University ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Birkeland currents; Ganymede; Jupiter; Magnetosphere; MHD simulations; Satellite magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847773793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA005072     Document Type: Article

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