Nonlinear electron heating by resonant shear Alfvén waves in the ionsphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lu, J Y ^a   Rankin, R ^a   Marchand, R ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; IONIC CONDUCTION; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SHEAR WAVES;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FIELD LINE RESONANCE (FLR); NONLINEAR ELECTRON HEATING; OHMIC HEATING;

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRON; HEATING; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 16344395756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021830     Document Type: Article

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