Generation of nonthermal electron distributions by turbulent waves near the Sun

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 607-610

  Roberts, D Aaron ^a   Miller, James A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TURBULENT FLOW; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

COULOMB COLLISIONS; NONTHERMAL ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR WIND;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRONS;

CORONAL HEATING; COULOMB COLLISION; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS; SOLAR FLARE CONDITIONS; SOLAR WIND ACCELERATION; TRANSITION REGIONS;

EID: 0032028616     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00328     Document Type: Article

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