Formation of current density profile in tilted current sheets

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3669-3676

  Petrukovich, A A ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Nakamura, R ^b   Runov, A ^b,c  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749152873     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3669-2008     Document Type: Article

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