Density depletion and Hall effect in magnetic reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Yang, H A ^a   Jin, S P ^a   Zhou, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 33947526739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011536     Document Type: Article

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