Spontaneous axisymmetry breaking of the external magnetic field at Saturn

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Goldreich, Peter ^a   Farmer, Alison J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547324726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012163     Document Type: Article

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