TSS-1R electron currents: Magnetic limited collection from a heated presheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 753-756

  Cooke, David L ^a   Katz, Ira ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; STABILITY CRITERIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES;

ELECTRON CURRENTS; LIMITED COLLECTIONS; PRESHEATH;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; SPACE RESEARCH;

TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

EID: 0032027769     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03102     Document Type: Article

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