Reconstruction of a large-scale reconnection exhaust structure in the solar wind

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 807-822

  Teh, W L ^a   Sonnerup, B U O ^a   Hu, Q ^b   Farrugia, C J ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of Earth Ocean and Space   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Kinetic and MHD theory; Magnetic reconnection; Space plasma physics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLOW FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 67650155957     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-807-2009     Document Type: Article

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