A nonlinear model for coherent tripolar electric field structures in the Earth's auroral zone and solar wind

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-211

  Jovanovic D ^a   Shukla, P K ^b   Morfill, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRUCTURES; ELECTRON THERMAL VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 27844554894     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377804003460     Document Type: Article

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