Bifurcation of the tail current sheet in Jovian magnetosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2261-2266

  Israelevich, P L ^a   Ershkovich, A I ^a   Oran, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electric currents; Magnetic tail; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BORON; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; MAGNETIC TAIL; TAIL CURRENT SHEET;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 36049046633     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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