Direct evidence for prolonged magnetic reconnection at a continuous x-line within the heliospheric current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Gosling, Jack T ^a,b   Eriksson, S ^a   Phan, T D ^c   Larson, D E ^c   Skoug, R M ^d   McComas, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND; THERMAL ENERGY;

HELIOSPHERE; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; MAGNETIC ENERGY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34249873046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029033     Document Type: Article

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