Thermal anisotropies in the solar wind: Evidence of heating by interstellar pickup ions?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3259-3262

  Richardson, John D ^a,e   Phillips, John L ^b   Smith, Charles W ^c   Gray, Perry C ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Center for Space Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COSMIC RAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; PICKUPS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; SOLAR WIND;

ALFVEN ION CYCLOTRON INSTABILITY; INTERSTELLAR PICKUP IONS; THERMAL ANISOTROPY; THERMAL SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR RADIATION; MAGNETOPLASMA;

ION CYCLOTRON INSTABILITY; NEAR-EARTH; PARALLEL TEMPERATURES; PICK-UP IONS; THERMAL ANISOTROPY; THERMAL SOLAR;

EID: 0030284310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02909     Document Type: Article

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