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    J. P. Eastwood

  2. Space and Atmospheric Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK

    E. A. Lucek

  3. Centre d'Etude Spatiale de Rayonnement, CNRS/UPS/OMP, Toulouse, France

    C. Mazelle

  4. Physics Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

    K. Meziane

  5. Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, Technische Universität, Braunschweig, Germany

    Y. Narita

  6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    J. Pickett

  7. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    R. A. Treumann

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Eastwood, J.P., Lucek, E.A., Mazelle, C. et al. The Foreshock. Space Sci Rev 118, 41–94 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-005-3824-3

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