Plasma-induced clearing and redistribution of material embedded in planetary magnetospheres

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Johnson, R E ^a,b   Liu, M ^a   Sittler, Jr ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HEAVY IONS; IONIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLANETS; SPUTTERING;

AMBIENT NEUTRALS; CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISIONS; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; PLASMA IONS; PLASMA-INDUCED CLEARING; SATURN'S MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 30744433717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024275     Document Type: Article

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