Magnetic guide field generation in collisionless current sheets

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 789-793

  Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Treumann, R A ^b,c  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA;

EID: 77949546837     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-789-2010     Document Type: Article

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