Low frequency eigenmodes of thin anisotropic current sheets and Cluster observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 861-868

  Zelenyi, L M ^a   Artemyev, A V ^a   Petrukovich, A A ^a   Nakamura, R ^c   Malova, H V ^a,b   Popov, V Y ^a,b  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail); Space plasma physics (Numerical simulation)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EIGENVALUE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; SYMMETRY;

EID: 60749135679     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-861-2009     Document Type: Article

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