Are Io's Alfvén wings filamented? Galileo observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-412

  Chust, T ^a   Roux, A ^a   Kurth, W S ^b   Gurnett, D A ^b   Kivelson, M G ^c   Khurana, K K ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UI ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n wing; Electron acceleration; Filamentation; Inhomogeneity; Io Jupiter interaction; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW; REFLECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALFVÉN WINGS; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; FILAMENTATION; INHOMOGENEITY; IO-JUPITAR INTERACTION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 13144306133     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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