Current carriers in the bifurcated tail current sheet: Ions or electrons?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Israelevich, P L ^a   Ershkovich, A I ^a   Oran, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 46749091245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012541     Document Type: Article

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