Recent in-situ observations of magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Paschmann, Götz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION REGIONS; IN-SITU; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATIONS; RECONNECTION RATES; RECONNECTION SITES; TEMPORAL SCALES;

PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 57749191926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035297     Document Type: Article

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