Magnetic reconnection and extraplanar diffuse ionized gas

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 359-362

  Birk, Guido T ^a,b   Lesch, Harald ^a,b   Neukirch, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ctr of Interdisc Plasma Science   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse ionized gas; Galactic halo; Magnetic reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043128181     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:astr.0000014965.09200.6d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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