Pitch angle diffusion of electrons at the boundary of the lunar wake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 885-894

  Nakagawa, Tomoko ^a   Iizima, Masahide ^b  

^a TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric field; Electron distribution function; Lunar wake; Pitch angle diffusion; Wake potential structure

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27744592072     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351866     Document Type: Article

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