Coexistence of Earth-origin O+ and solar wind-origin H+/He++ in the distant magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 985-988

  Seki, K ^a   Hirahara, M ^a   Terasawa, T ^a   Shinohara, I ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Machida, S ^c   Yamamoto, T ^b   Kokubun, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; IONS; PLASMA SHEATHS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EARTH (PLANET); HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; PROTONS;

MAGNETOTAILS; PLASMA SHEET; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROTON DENSITY; SOURCE MECHANISMS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE; WIND CONTRIBUTION;

SOLAR WIND; GEOMAGNETISM;

HEAVY IONS; LOBE MANTLE REGION; LOW ENERGY PARTICLE; MAGNETOSHEATH; MAGNETOTAIL; POLAR MANTLE; PROTON DENSITY; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0030145284     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00768     Document Type: Article

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