Residual Strahls in solar wind electron dropouts: Signatures of magnetic connection to the Sun, disconnection, or interchange reconnection?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Crooker, N U ^a   Pagel, C ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41849142317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012421     Document Type: Article

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