Generation of near-earth reconnection by divergent flows in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Lin, Y ^a   Swift, D W ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent flow; Hybrid simulation; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetotail plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549153721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009308     Document Type: Article

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