Bifurcated current sheets produced by magnetic reconnection in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Gosling, J T ^a   Szabo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 57549114435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013473     Document Type: Article

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