Proton pitch angle diffusion rate and wave turbulence characteristics in the magnetosheath plasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Pudovkin, M I ^a   Zaitseva, S A ^a   Besser, B P ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Meister, C V ^c   Maulini, A L ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPTE IRM; Magnetosheath; Plasma wave turbulence; Proton pitch angle scattering; Proton temperature anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644438763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009149     Document Type: Article

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