Geotail observations of the Hall current system: Evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25929-25949

  Nagai, T ^a   Shinohara, I ^b   Fujimoto, M ^a   Hoshino, M ^c   Saito, Y ^b   Machida, S ^d   Mukai, T ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449092179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900038     Document Type: Article

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