Comet Hyakutake x-ray source: Charge transfer of solar wind heavy ions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Cravens, T E ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HEAVY IONS; HOT ELECTRONS; LUMINANCE; PHOTONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; IONS; SOLAR RADIATION; X RAYS;

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; EMISSION MECHANISM; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; PHOTON EMISSION RATE; SOLAR WIND DENSITY; SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS; SOLAR WIND VELOCITY;

SOLAR WIND; SPACE RESEARCH;

COMET; HEAVY IONS; SOLAR WIND; X-RAY SOURCE;

EID: 0030737363     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03780     Document Type: Article

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