Detection of oppositely directed reconnection jets in a solar wind current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Davis, M S ^a   Phan, T D ^a   Gosling, J T ^b   Skoug, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA JETS; SPACECRAFT;

BIFURCATED CURRENT SHEET; MAGNETIC SHEAR;

SOLAR WIND;

ACE 1; JET; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34047228886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026735     Document Type: Article

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