The formation and structure of flux ropes in the magnetotail

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 105, Issue , 1998, Pages 139-151

  Hesse, Michael ^a   Kivelson, Margaret G ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928740039     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM105p0139     Document Type: Chapter

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