Plasmoids in reconnecting current sheets: Solar and terrestrial contexts compared

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lin, J ^a,b   Cranmer, S R ^b   Farrugia, C J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 58749085377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013409     Document Type: Article

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