Heliospheric "FALTS": Favored acceleration locations at the termination shock

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Schwadron, N A ^a   McComas, D J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

MAGNETIC SPIRALS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RAY;

EID: 0042913005     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016499     Document Type: Article

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