Reconstruction of a bipolar magnetic signature in an earthward jet in the tail: Flux rope or 3D guide-field reconnection?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a,g   Nakamura, R ^b   Fujimoto, M ^a,g   Sergeev, V A ^c   Lucek, E A ^d   Reme H ^e   Khotyaintsev, Y ^f  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 38349118871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012492     Document Type: Article

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