Acceleration of oxygen ions in the dynamic magnetotail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1305-1315

  Birn, J ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Hesse, M ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, trapped; magnetoil; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; OXYGEN;

EID: 2442609851     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1305-2004     Document Type: Article

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