Electron beam generated solitary structures in a nonuniform plasma system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2869-2872

  Mandrake, L ^a   Pritchett, P L ^a   Coroniti, F V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; ELECTROSTATICS; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; NONUNIFORM PLASMA; PARTICLE IN CELL CODES; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL STRUCTURE; SIMULATION DOMAIN; SOLITARY STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONS; GEOPHYSICS;

PLASMA SYSTEMS;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0034664406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL003785     Document Type: Article

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