Non-resonant firehose instability: Consequences for the theory of cosmic ray acceleration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 845-848

  Shapiro, V D ^a,b   Quest, K B ^a   Okolicsanyi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOPLASMA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; SHOCK WAVES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; DIFFUSIVE SHOCK ACCELERATIONS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; QUASI-PARALLEL SHOCK;

COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAY ACCELERATION; NON RESONANT FIREHOSE INSTABILITY;

EID: 0032025348     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00467     Document Type: Article

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