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Uberoi et al. 1996

Uberoi, C., Lanzerotti, L.J. and Wolfe, A. (1996). Surface waves and magnetic reconnection at a magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: doi: 10.1029/96JA01003. issn: 0148-0227.

It is argued that surface waves with wavelengths larger than the thickness of a neutral layer that separates two different plasma regimes can induce the tearing mode instability. Magnetic reconnection is shown to occur on the tearing mode timescale. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection, Space Plasma Physics, Waves and instabilities

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Journal of Geophysical Research
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