Transient reconnection in the cusp during strongly negative IMF B y

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Khotyaintsev, Y ^a   Buchert, S ^a   Stasiewicz, K ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Savin, S ^b   Papitashvili, V O ^c   Farrugia, C J ^d   Popielawska, B ^e   Tung, Y K ^f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^e Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cusp; Magnetopause; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344646097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009908     Document Type: Article

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