Alfvén wave heating of heavy ions in the expanding solar wind: Hybrid simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Hellinger, Petr ^a   Velli, Marco ^b,d   Trávníček, Pavel ^a   Gary, S Peter ^c   Goldstein, Bruce E ^d   Liewer, Paulett C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33646363116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011244     Document Type: Article

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