The radiation environment of the local interstellar medium

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Slavin, Jonathan D ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliosphere; Ionization; Local interstellar medium; Radiation environment

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLOUDS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS;

LOCAL INTERSTELLAR CLOUD (LIC); LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM (LISM); RADIATION ENVIRONMENT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 2942722263     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.033     Document Type: Article

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