3D electron-acoustic solitary waves introduced by phase space electron vortices in magnetized space plasmas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Shukla, P K ^a   Mamun, A A ^a   Eliasson, B ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLD ELECTRONS; MAGNETIZED PLASMA; NON-ISOTHERMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOLITARY WAVES;

GEOPHYSICS;

PLASMA; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 3042783047     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019533     Document Type: Article

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