Kinetic and space charge control of current flow and voltage drops along magnetic flux tubes: 2. Space charge effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Boström, Rolf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Auroral electron and ion acceleration; Potential distribution; Potential jumps; Quasi neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746378392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010078     Document Type: Article

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