Kinetic ballooning instability for substorm onset and current disruption observed by AMPTE/CCE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4091-4094

  Cheng, C Z ^a   Lui, A T Y ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY;

KINETIC BALLOONING INSTABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY PERTURBATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

PLASMA;

EID: 0032216105     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900093     Document Type: Article

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