Quasi-neutral sheet tearing instability induced by electron preferential acceleration from stochasticity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A1, 1997, Pages 163-173

  Sitnov, M I ^a   Malova, H V ^a   Lui, A T Y ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 37149003420     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA01872     Document Type: Article

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