Reconnecting magnetic fields : The huge amounts of energy released from the relinking of magnetic fields in outer space are both mysterious and potentially destructive

American Scientist

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 392-399

  Burch, James L ^a,b   Drake, James F ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 69949087591     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2009.80.392     Document Type: Article

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