New results about the cause of sudden magnetic detachments by three-dimensional spontaneous magnetic reconnection

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 415, 1997, Pages 131-138

  Buchner J ^a   Kuska, J P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic Activity; Reconnection; Space Plasma Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244302562     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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