Mass transport in the heliosphere by energetic neutral atoms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Gruntman, Mike ^a   Izmodenov, Vlad ^b  

^a Astronautics and Space Technology Division Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Energetic neutral atoms; Heliosphere; Heliospheric boundary; Heliospheric sheath; Mass transport in the heliosphere; Pickup ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844450899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010727     Document Type: Article

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