Wind/WAVES observations of high-frequency plasma waves in solar wind reconnection exhausts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Huttunen, K E J ^a   Bale, S D ^b   Phan, T D ^a   Davis, M ^a   Gosling, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 34547931867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011836     Document Type: Article

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