Large scale structure of planetary environments: The importance of not being Maxwellian

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 247-260

  Meyer Vernet, Nicole ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Kinetic theory; Magnetospheres; Solar system plasmas; Winds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347236483     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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