Thin filament simulations for Earth's plasma sheet: Interchange oscillations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wolf, R A ^a   Chen, C X ^b   Toffoletto, F R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84863230515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016971     Document Type: Article

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