Wind/SWE observations of firehose constraint on solar wind proton temperature anisotropy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Kasper, Justin C ^a   Lazarus, Alan J ^a   Peter Gary, S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMA THEORY; SOLAR WIND;

FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; FIREHOSE INSTABILITY; FITTING PARAMETERS; LINEAR THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; PROTON TEMPERATURES; WIND SPACECRAFT;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0036768078     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015128     Document Type: Article

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