Rapid density fluctuations in the solar wind

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3765-3773

  Kellogg, P J ^a   Horbury, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Space plasma physics (Electrostatic structures; Turbulence; Waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND; ACOUSTIC WAVE; DENSITY CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 30744458835     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3765-2005     Document Type: Article

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