Electrostatic instability in the central lunar wake: A process for replenishing the plasma void?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1135-1138

  Farrell, W M ^a   Kaiser, M L ^a   Steinberg, J T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; ION BEAMS; LUNAR MISSIONS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PLASMA WAVES; WAKES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; MOON; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY;

CENTRAL LUNAR WAKE; PLASMA VOID;

MOON; WAKES;

AMBIPOLAR ELECTRIC FIELDS; BROADBAND ELECTROSTATIC NOISE; ELECTROSTATIC INSTABILITIES; LUNAR WAKES; PLASMA VOIDS;

EID: 0031142399     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00878     Document Type: Article

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