Suprathermal electron isotropy in high-beta solar wind and its role in heat flux dropouts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Crooker, N U ^a   Larson, D E ^b   Kahler, S W ^c   Lamassa, S M ^a   Spence, H E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT FLUX; TOPOLOGY; MAGNETOPLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRON ISOTROPY; ELECTRON PITCH ANGLE; HEAT FLUX DROPOUTS; HELIOSPHERES; HIGH-BETA PLASMAS; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES; PLASMA GRADIENTS; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; TIME VARIATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; HEAT FLUX;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0347413672     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017036     Document Type: Article

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