Magnetic flux and particle transport in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Kaufmann, Richard L ^a   Paterson, William R ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947524067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011734     Document Type: Article

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