Energy filter effect for solar wind particle entry to the plasma sheet via flank regions during southward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zhou, X Z ^a,b   Pu, Z Y ^b,c   Zong, Q G ^a   Xie, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 34548337431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012180     Document Type: Article

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