Particle acceleration at an X-type reconnection site with a parallel magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18677-18692

  Browning, P K ^a   Vekstein, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449086520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900014     Document Type: Article

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