Composition of the local interstellar medium as diagnosed with pickup ions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  Gloeckler, George ^a,b   Geiss, Johannes ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heliosphere; Interstellar medium; Neutral gas composition; Pickup ions

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DENSITY OF GASES; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOIONIZATION; SUN;

LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; SOLAR WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER (SWICS);

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 2942733136     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.054     Document Type: Article

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