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Title: The electron canonical battery effect in magnetic reconnection: Completion of the electron canonical vorticity framework
Award ID(s):
1914599
NSF-PAR ID:
10347364
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Volume:
26
Issue:
10
ISSN:
1070-664X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
100702
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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