MHD ballooning stability of a sheared plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A9, 1997, Pages 19903-19911

  Hurricane, Omar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 37149054057     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01595     Document Type: Article

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