Fine structure of the diamagnetic cavity boundary in comet Halley

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Israelevich, P L ^a   Ershkovich, A I ^a   Gombosi, T I ^b   Neubauer, F M ^c   Cohen, O ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary; Comet; Diamagnetic cavity; Electric currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849090794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009622     Document Type: Article

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