Proton velocity distribution in thin current sheets: Cluster observations and theory of transient trajectories

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Artemyev, A V ^a,b   Petrukovich, A A ^a   Nakamura, R ^c   Zelenyi, L M ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

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EID: 79251583137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015702     Document Type: Article

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