Probing the boundary between antiparallel and component reconnection during southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Trattner, K J ^a   Mulcock, J S ^a   Petrinec, S M ^a   Fuselier, S A ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 35348972489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012270     Document Type: Article

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