The yield of ionization in critical ionization velocity space experiments

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-287

  Lai, Shu T ^a   McNeil, William J ^b   Murad, Edmond ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Radex Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0039338512     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00644447     Document Type: Article

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