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

    E. A. Lucek

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

    D. Constantinescu

  3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    M. L. Goldstein

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

    J. Pickett

  5. LPCE/CNRS, Orléans, France

    J. L. Pinçon

  6. CETP/IPSL, Vélizy, France

    F. Sahraoui

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

    R. A. Treumann

  8. Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    S. N. Walker

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Lucek, E.A., Constantinescu, D., Goldstein, M.L. et al. The Magnetosheath. Space Sci Rev 118, 95–152 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-005-3825-2

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