Cluster statistics of thin current sheets in the Earth magnetotail: Specifics of the dawn flank, proton temperature profiles and electrostatic effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, 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: 80053508161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016801     Document Type: Article

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