Retreat and reformation of X-line during quasi-continuous tailward-of-the-cusp reconnection under northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Retino A ^b   Vaivads, A ^c   Khotyaintsev, Y ^c   Nakamura, R ^b   Takada, T ^a   Miyashita, Y ^a   Reme H ^d   Lucek, E A ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; FIELD LINES; ION VELOCITIES; MAGNETOSHEATH; NORTHWARD IMF;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ION; MAGNETOPAUSE; SATELLITE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 53749086056     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034767     Document Type: Article

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