Helicon modes driven by ionospheric O+ ions in the plasma sheet region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1463-1466

  Lakhina, Gurbax S ^a,b   Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRANTS; ION BEAMS; IONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA STABILITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; OXYGEN; PLASMAS;

ANISOTROPIC PRESSURE; ENHANCED CONVECTION; LONG WAVELENGTH; MODE INSTABILITIES; NEAR-EARTH PLASMAS; OXYGEN ION BEAM; PARTIAL CANCELLATION; PLASMA SHEET REGION;

HELICONS;

ALFVENIC MACH NUMBERS; SHEET REGIONS;

EID: 0031169890     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01208     Document Type: Article

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