Satellite observations of separator-line geometry of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 609-613

  Xiao, C J ^a   Wang, X G ^b,c   Pu, Z Y ^b   Ma, Z W ^d,e   Zhao, H ^a   Zhou, G P ^a   Wang, J X ^a   Kivelson, M G ^f   Fu, S Y ^b   Liu, Z X ^g   Zong, Q G ^h   Dunlop, M W ⁱ   Glassmeier, K H ^j   Lucek, E ^k   Reme, H ^l   Dandouras, I ^l   Escoubet, C P ^m  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

ⁱ RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l IRAP   (France)

^m EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; SEPARATORS;

CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; LOWER HYBRID WAVES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL FRAMEWORKS; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE PLASMAS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 34548429605     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys650     Document Type: Article

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