The strange physics of low frequency mirror mode turbulence in the high temperature plasma of the magnetosheath

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 647-657

  Treumann, R A ^a,b   Jaroschek, C H ^a,c   Constantinescu, O D ^d   Nakamura, R ^e   Pokhotelov, O A ^f   Georgescu, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e Technische Universität ^*  (Austria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 12744271935     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-647-2004     Document Type: Article

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