Formation of the proton beam distribution in high-speed solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Tu, C Y ^a,b   Wang, L H ^b   Marsch, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam drift regulation; Beam instability; Pitch angle diffusion; Solar wind protons

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142781096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009264     Document Type: Article

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