MHD model of the flapping motions in the magnetotail current sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Erkaev, N V ^a,b   Semenov, V S ^c   Kubyshkin, I V ^c   Kubyshkina, M V ^c   Biernat, H K ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^b SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 67649132839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013728     Document Type: Article

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