The Hall Current System for Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetotail

Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas: Geospace and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 149-160

  Nagai, T ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Particle acceleration; Plasma astrophysics; Space plasmas

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA SHEATHS;

EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; SPACE PLASMAS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 84952648337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/156GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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