Long-wavelength mirror modes in multispecies plasmas with arbitrary distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A2, 2002, Pages

  Gedalin, M ^a   Balikhin, M ^b   Strangeway, R J ^c   Russell, C T ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Magnetosheath; Mirror instability; Mirror modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844455836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000178     Document Type: Article

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