Hybrid simulations of parallel and oblique electromagnetic alpha/proton instabilities in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lu, Q M ^a   Xia, L D ^a   Wang, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 33947494247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011752     Document Type: Article

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