Electron plasma oscillations upstream of the solar wind termination shock

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5743, 2005, Pages 2025-2027

  Gurnett, D A ^a   Kurth, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PLASMA THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; WIND;

HELIOCENTRIC RADIAL DISTANCE; HELIOSHEATH; SOLAR WIND; TERMINATION SHOCK;

PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

PLASMA; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 25444516289     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117425     Document Type: Article

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