Thin electron current sheets and their relation to auroral potentials

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Birn, Joachim ^a   Schindler, Karl ^b   Hesse, Michael ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral potentials; Thin current sheets; Vlasov equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749094076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010303     Document Type: Article

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