Linear theory of the mirror instability in non-Maxwellian space plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Pokhotelov, Oleg A ^a   Treumann, Rudolf A ^b,c   Sagdeev, Roald Z ^d,g   Balikhin, Michael A ^e   Onishchenko, Oleg G ^a   Pavlenko, Vladimir P ^f   Sandberg, Ingmar ^f  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

7827 space plasma physics: kinetic and MHD theory; 7867 space plasma physics: wave particle interactions; 7871 space plasma physics: waves anstabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142103557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009125     Document Type: Article

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