Magnetic double gradient mechanism for flapping oscillations of a current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Erkaev, N V ^a,b   Semenov, V S ^c   Biernat, Helfried K ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^b SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CURRENT SHEET; FLAPPING OSCILLATIONS; MAGNETIC DOUBLE GRADIENT MECHANISM; MAGNETOTAIL;

GEOPHYSICS;

GRADIENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOTAIL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 40849141002     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032277     Document Type: Article

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