Ion-cyclotron wave dissipation channel for Alfvén waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1817-1820

  Kaghashvili, Edisher Kh ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; VELOCITY; WIND; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; HEAVY IONS; SOLAR WIND;

ALFVEN WAVES; ION CYCLOTRON WAVE DISSIPATION CHANNEL;

PLASMA WAVES; CYCLOTRON RADIATION;

SOLAR WIND;

HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES; PREFERENTIAL HEATING; SOLAR WIND PARTICLES; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; ULTRAVIOLET CORONAGRAPH SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032735672     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900343     Document Type: Article

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