Electron cyclotron microinstability in the foot of a perpendicular shock: A self-consistent PIC simulation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-493

  Muschietti, L ^a   Lembege B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Collisionless shocks; Electron cyclotron; Numerical simulation; Plasma microinstabilities; Shock foot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS;

COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS; PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES; SHOCK FOOT;

CYCLOTRONS;

EID: 33645977519     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.077     Document Type: Article

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