Spatial variation of accelerated pickup ions at co-rotating interaction regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1723-1726

  Giacalone, J ^a   Jokipii, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IONIZATION; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPEED; PICKUPS; SOLAR WIND; WIND;

COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; HELIOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

ASTROPHYSICS; IONS;

ACCELERATED PARTICLES; ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; ENERGETIC ION; INTERACTION REGION; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR WIND SPEED; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

EID: 0031189463     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01631     Document Type: Article

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