Particle-in-cell simulations of magnetosphere electrodynamics

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1976-1990

  Pritchett, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) SIMULATION; PLASMA DYNAMICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0034459657     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902226     Document Type: Article

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