Dispersion characteristics for plasma resonances of Maxwellian and Kappa distribution plasmas and their comparisons to the IMAGE/RPI observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A6, 2005, Pages

  Viñas, Adolfo F ^a   Mace, Richard L ^b   Benson, Robert F ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 33747154666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010967     Document Type: Article

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