Solar wind heating by an embedded quasi-isothermal pick-up ion fluid

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1509-1518

  Fahr, H J ^a  

^a Inst Astrophysik/Extraterrestrische   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (energetic particles; interstellar gas; solar wind plasma)

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0036825569     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1509-2002     Document Type: Article

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