Alfvén wave interaction with inhomogeneous plasmas: Acceleration and energy cascade towards small-scales

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2081-2096

  Genot V ^a   Louarn, P ^b   Mottez, F ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (charged particle motion and accelaration; numerical studies)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 3242887311     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2081-2004     Document Type: Article

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