Electron trapping around a magnetic null

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  He, J S ^a   Zong, Q G ^a,b   Deng, X H ^c   Tu, Chuan Yitu ^a   Xiao, C J ^d   Wang, X G ^a   Ma, Z W ^e   Pu, Z Y ^a   Lucek, E ^f   Pedersen, A ^g   Fazakerley, A ^h   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ⁱ   Dunlop, M W ^j   Tian, H ^a   Yao, S ^a   Tan, B ^a   Fu, S Y ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^k   Reme, H ^l   Dandouras, I ^l   Escoubet, C P ^m   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^j RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^l IRAP   (France)

^m EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; PLASMAS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BI-DIRECTIONAL; CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON DIFFUSION; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON PRESSURES; ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; ENERGETIC ELECTRONS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LABORATORY PLASMAS; MAGNETIC CUSPS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATION; MAGNETIC NULL; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA;

EID: 53749105733     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034085     Document Type: Article

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