Toward a transport model of collisionless magnetic reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7601-7616

  Kuznetsova, Masha M ^a,c   Hesse, Michael ^a   Winske, Dan ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 39449133425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900396     Document Type: Article

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