Excitation of magnetosonic waves in the undisturbed solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2557-2560

  Xue, Song ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^a   Summers, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RESONANCE; DAMPING;

MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

ANGLES OF PROPAGATION; COMPRESSIONAL; DAMPING PROPERTY; LANDAU DAMPING; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES; PROTON TEMPERATURES; RESONANT ABSORPTION; SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS;

EID: 0030245378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02202     Document Type: Article

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