Illuminating electron diffusion regions of collisionless magnetic reconnection using electron agyrotropy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Scudder, Jack ^a   Daughton, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 50249084640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013035     Document Type: Article

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