Stability properties of high-pressure geotail flux tubes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18803-18822

  Horton, W ^a   Wong, H V ^a   Van Dam, J W ^a   Crabtree, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 39449092043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000415     Document Type: Article

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