The charge-exchange induced coupling between plasma-gas counterflows in the heliosheath

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1289-1294

  Fahr, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (heliopause and solar wind termination; interstellar gas); Ionosphere (plasma temperature and density)

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR PHENOMENA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0041846724     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1289-2003     Document Type: Article

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