The magnetosphere of Mercury and its solar wind environment: Open issues and scientific questions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-609

  Baumjohann, W ^a   Matsuoka, A ^b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Russell, C T ^d   Nagai, T ^e   Hoshino, M ^f   Nakagawa, T ^g   Balogh, A ^h   Slavin, J A ⁱ   Nakamura, R ^a   Magnes, W ^a  

^a Österr Akademie der Wissenschaften ^*  (Austria)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n waves; Magnetosphere; Mercury; Reconnection; Shocks; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM; WIND;

MERCURY (PLANET); SHOCKS; SOLAR WIND;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750340102     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.117     Document Type: Article

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