Ion distributions near the reconnection sites: Comparison between simulations and themis observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, X Z ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Runov, A ^a   Sitnov, M I ^b   Zong, Q G ^c,d   Pu, Z Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 77954337970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014614     Document Type: Article

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