Electron dynamics in the current disruption region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a,b   Takahashi, K ^a,b   Lui, A T Y ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current disruption; Depolarization; Electron dynamics; Magnetotail

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749099274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009236     Document Type: Article

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