Origin and dynamics of multi-component (H + /He ++ /He + /O + ) ion flows in the lobe/mantle regions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1581-1590

  Seki, K ^a   Hirahara, M ^b   Terasawa, T ^a   Mukai, T ^c   Kokubun, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039011911     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00671-7     Document Type: Article

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