Evidence for the dissipation region in magnetotail reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Zenitani, Seiji ^a   Shinohara, Iku ^b   Nagai, Tsugunobu ^c  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

BULK FLOW; COLLISIONLESS; DISSIPATION RATES; GEOTAIL; ION INERTIAL LENGTH; LORENTZ; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOTAIL RECONNECTION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; X-POINT;

PLASMAS;

DATA SET; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84861891080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051938     Document Type: Article

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