Three-dimensional numerical simulation of ion and electron accelerations by parametric decay of fast lower hybrid waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3663-3666

  Singh, Nagendra ^a,b   Al Sharaeh, S ^a,b   Abdelrazek, A ^a,b   Leung, W C ^a,b   Earl Wells, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVES; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; IONOSPHERE; SHEAR WAVES;

FAST LOW HYBRID WAVES; ION AND ELECTRON ACCELERATIONS; PARAMETRIC DECAY;

IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS;

BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ION-CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0030384255     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03310     Document Type: Article

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