Two-dimensional quiet time equilibrium for the inner plasma sheet protons and magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Wang, Chih Ping ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a   Chen, Margaret W ^b   Wolf, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS;

ACCURATE MODELING; FORCE BALANCES; INNER PLASMA; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELING; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; SELF-CONSISTENT SIMULATIONS; SPECIFICATION MODELING;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 0037728855     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013984     Document Type: Article

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