A Monte Carlo simulation of the H+ polar wind: Effect of velocity distributions with kappa suprathermal tails

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-436

  Barghouthi, I A ^a   Pierrard, V ^b   Barakat, A R ^c   Lemaire, J ^b  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035605539     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012536114212     Document Type: Article

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