A three-dimensional MHD solar wind model with pickup protons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Usmanov, A V ^a,b   Goldstein, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33947499530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011533     Document Type: Article

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