Imprints from the solar cycle on the helium atom and helium pickup ion distributions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1315-1330

  Rucinski D ^a   Bzowski, M ^b   Fahr, H J ^b  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy (ultraviolet emissions); Space plasma physics (ionization processes, numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; HELIUM; SOLAR PHENOMENA;

EID: 18844471417     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1315-2003     Document Type: Article

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