Cluster observations of an ion-scale current sheet in the magnetotail under the presence of a guide field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Fujimoto, M ^b   Asano, Y ^c   Runov, A ^a,d,j   Owen, C J ^e   Fazakerley, A N ^e   Klecker, B ^f   Reme H ^g   Lucek, E A ^h   Andre, M ⁱ   Khotyaintsev, Y ⁱ  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g IRAP   (France)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68949123391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012760     Document Type: Article

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