Multi-scale structure of the electron diffusion region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Karimabadi, Homa ^a   Daughton, W ^b   Scudder, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMAS;

ELECTRON DIFFUSION REGION; ELECTRON JETS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; PLASMOIDS;

ELECTRON TRAPS;

CURRENT; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON DENSITY; ION; SIMULATION;

EID: 34548637030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030306     Document Type: Article

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