Hydrogen atom lifetimes in the three-dimensional heliosphere over the solar cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Pryor, Wayne R ^a   Ajello, Joseph M ^b   McComas, David J ^c   Witte, Manfred ^d   Tobiska, W Kent ^e  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e Space Environment Technologies SpaceWx Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Charge exchange ulysses; Interplanetary hydrogen; Solar wind, interstellar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947512302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009878     Document Type: Article

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