Numerical simulation of plasma processes occurring in the ram region of the tethered satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-744

  Singh, Nagendra ^a,b   Leung, W C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; FREE ENERGY; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES;

BODY POTENTIAL; CONDUCTING BODIES; LOWER HYBRID WAVES; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PLASMA PROCESS; POTENTIAL STRUCTURE; TETHERED SATELLITE;

PLASMA SIMULATION; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

PLASMA PROCESSES;

EID: 0032028641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03227     Document Type: Article

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