Energetic electrons associated with magnetic reconnection in the sheath of interplanetary coronal mass ejection

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1455-1460

  Huang, Shi Yong ^a,b   Deng, Xiao Hua ^a,c   Zhou, Meng ^b,c   Yuan, Zhi Gang ^a   Li, Hui Min ^a   Wang, De Dong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

energetic electrons; guide field; interplanetary coronal mass ejection; magnetic reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862778052     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-4974-9     Document Type: Article

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