Formation of electrostatic solitary waves in space plasmas: Particle simulations with open boundary conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Umeda, T ^a   Omura, Y ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Usui, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic solitary waves; Open boundary condition; Particle simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042507345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000286     Document Type: Article

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