Finite ky ballooning instability in the near-Earth magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Zhu, P ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Ma, Z W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballooning instability; Magnetotail; MHD simulation; Substorm onset; Trigger

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849144411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010505     Document Type: Article

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