Hall-MHD modeling of near-Earth magnetotail current sheet thinning and evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A6, 1999, Pages 12301-12311

  Rastatter L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 4243208445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900138     Document Type: Article

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