Stability of resistive MHD tearing and ballooning modes in the tail current sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A9, 1997, Pages 19913-19925

  Sundaram, A K ^a,b   Fairfield, D H ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 37149003095     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01241     Document Type: Article

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