MHD aspect of current sheet oscillations related to magnetic field gradients

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 417-425

  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)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics; Magnetotail; MHD waves and instabilities; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; OSCILLATION; PLASMA; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 70749135383     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-417-2009     Document Type: Article

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