Lower-hybrid cavity density depletions as a result of transverse ion acceleration localized on the gyroradius scale

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Knudsen, D J ^a,b   Bock, B J J ^a   Bounds, S R ^c   Burchill, J K ^a   Clemmons, H ^d   Curtis, J D ^a   Eriksson, A I ^e   Koepke, M E ^f   Pfaff, R F ^g   Wallis, D ^h   Whaley, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h Magnametrics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density cavities; Ion heating; Lower hybrid cavities; Lower hybrid solitary structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947491792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010089     Document Type: Article

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