RCM-E simulation of ion acceleration during an idealized plasma sheet bubble injection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Yang, J ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Sazykin, S ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957466882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016346     Document Type: Article

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