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Structure of the reconnection layer at the dayside magnetopause

Yong Shi, L. C. Lee

Planetary and Space Science · 1990 · 47 citations · 29 references

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Sweet's mechanism for merging magnetic fields in conducting fluids

E. N. Parker · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1957 · 1.6K citations

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Theoretical models of magnetic field line merging

V. M. Vasyliūnas · Reviews of Geophysics · 1975 · 1.4K citations

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Initial ISEE magnetometer results: magnetopause observations

C. T. Russell, R. C. Elphic · Space Science Reviews · 1978 · 1.1K citations

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Evidence for magnetic field reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause

B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, G. Paschmann, N. Sckopke et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 783 citations

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Magnetic reconnection via current sheets

D. Biskamp · The Physics of Fluids · 1986 · 742 citations

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