Electron heat flux instabilities in coronal holes: Implications for ion heating

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Markovskii, S A ^a   Hollweg, Joseph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RADIATION; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA STABILITY; SOLAR WIND;

CORONAL PLASMAS; ELECTRON HEAT FLUX; FAST SOLAR WINDS; FLUX INSTABILITIES; ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; PLASMA MICROINSTABILITY; PROTON CYCLOTRONS; TIME-AVERAGED ENERGY;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0036768589     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015189     Document Type: Article

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