Electric structure of dipolarization front at sub-proton scale

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fu, H S ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y V ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Andre M ^a   Huang, S Y ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SPACECRAFT;

DIPOLARIZATION; EARTH'S MAGNETOTAIL; ELECTRIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PRESSURES; ION INERTIAL LENGTH; OHM'S LAW; POTENTIAL DROP; REFERENCE FRAME; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES; TANGENTIAL ELECTRIC FIELD;

CURRENT DENSITY;

ACCELERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRENT VELOCITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPACECRAFT; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84859114404     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051274     Document Type: Article

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