Cluster magnetic field observations of the bowshock: Orientation, motion and structure

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART I, 2001, Pages 1399-1409

  Horbury, T S ^a   Cargill, P J ^a   Lucek, E A ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Dunlop, M W ^a   Oddy, T M ^a   Carr, C ^a   Brown, P ^a   Szabo, A ^b   Fornacon K H ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (planetary bow shocks); Space plasma physics (shock waves; waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 6444244925     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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