Evidence for short cooling time in the Io plasma torus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1147-1150

  Volwerk, M ^a   Brown, M E ^b   Dessler, A J ^a   Sandel, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMAS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY; LUMINANCE;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) EMISSIONS; IO PLASMA TORUS; RADIATIVE COOLING;

SPACE RESEARCH; COOLING;

CONTINUOUS HEATING; COOLING TIME; EUV EMISSIONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; PLASMA TORUS; RADIATIVE COOLING; TRANSPORT TIME;

EID: 0031140036     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00966     Document Type: Article

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