Injection and acceleration of H+ and He2+ at Earth's bow shock

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 583-594

  Scholer, M ^a   Kucharek, H ^a   Trattner, K H ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (planetary bow shocks); Space plasma physics (charged particle motion and acceleration; numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001391501     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050786     Document Type: Article

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