Numerical studies on three-dimensional earthward fast plasma flows in the near-Earth plasma sheet by the spontaneous fast reconnection model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kondoh, K ^a   Ugai, M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 44349146578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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