Ramp thickness and ion heating in ID simulations of laminar quasi-perpendicular shocks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2259-2262

  Wilkinson, William P ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA HEATING;

ION HEATING; LAMINAR QUASI PERPENDICULAR SHOCKS; PLASMA SHOCK RAMP THICKNESS;

PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 0031234722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02095     Document Type: Article

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