Nature of the boundary between open and closed magnetic field line regions at the Sun revealed by composition data and numerical models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15869-15879

  Posner, Arik ^a   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^a   Schwadron, Nathan A ^a   Fisk, Lennard A ^a   Gloeckler, George ^a,c   Linker, Jon A ^b   Mikic, Zoran ^b   Riley, Pete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 39449110400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000112     Document Type: Article

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