Event-to-event variations in the isotopic composition of neon in solar energetic particle events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2693-2696

  Leske, R A ^a   Mewaldt, R A ^a   Cohen, C M S ^a   Cummings, A C ^a   Stone, E C ^a   Wiedenbeck, M E ^b   Christian, E R ^c   Von Rosenvinge, T T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR ISOTOPE SPECTROMETER; SOLAR WIND; ADVANCED COMPOSITION; ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; IONIC CHARGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MASS FRACTIONATIONS;

NEON; ISOTOPES;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0033399042     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900561     Document Type: Article

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