Observation of energy-time dispersed ion structures in the magnetosheath by CLUSTER: Possible signatures of transient acceleration processes at shock

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1483-1495

  Louarn, P ^a   Budnik, E ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^a   Parks, G ^b   Meziane, K ^h   Bosqued, J M ^a   Dandouras, I ^a   Reme H ^a   Mall, U ^c   Daly, P ^c   Dunlop, M ^d   Balogh, A ^e   Kistler, L M ^f   Amata, E ^g  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g ISFI   (Italy)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (solar wind magnetosphere interaction; magnetosheath); Space plasma physics (shock waves)

Indexed keywords

IONIC COMPOSITION; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0042353901     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1483-2003     Document Type: Article

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