Phase-space electron holes along magnetic field lines

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1093-1096

  Muschietti, L ^a   Ergun, R E ^a   Roth, I ^a   Carlson, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPEED; VELOCITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; PHASE SPACE ELECTRON HOLES;

HOLE TRAPS; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ION THERMAL VELOCITIES; LAPLACE TRANSFORM TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; NONLINEAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION CODE; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033560489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900207     Document Type: Article

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