Photometric measurement of cold helium ions in the magnetotail by an EUV scanner onboard Planet-B: Evidence of the existence of cold plasmas in the near-Earth plasma sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3567-3570

  Yoshikawa, I ^a   Yamazaki, A ^b   Shiomi, K ^b   Yamashita, K ^c   Takizawa, Y ^d   Nakamura, M ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

HELIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHOTOMETRY; PLASMAS;

COLD HELIUM IONS; NEAR-EARTH PLASMA SHEETS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 0034352533     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL000100     Document Type: Article

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