What causes the flux excess in the heliospheric magnetic field?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Edward J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 82955197470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016521     Document Type: Article

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