X-ray emission from the terrestrial magnetosheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Robertson, I P ^a   Cravens, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HEAVY IONS; HYDROGEN; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHOTONS; WIND; X RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; SOLAR WIND; WIND EFFECTS; X RAY SCATTERING;

X-RAY RADIATION; BACKGROUND EMISSIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER COLLISIONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; HIGHLY EXCITED STATE; HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVATION POINT; SOFT X-RAY PHOTONS; SOLAR WIND SPEED;

GEOPHYSICS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0041382833     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016740     Document Type: Article

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