Spontaneous formation of current-driven double layers in density depletions and its relevance to solitary Alfven waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 51-1-51-4

  Singh, Nagendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DOUBLE LAYERS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0036555038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014033     Document Type: Article

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13. Observations of double layers and solitary waves on auroral zone field lines