Nonlinear evolution of the electron two-stream instability: Two-dimensional particle simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Umeda, Takayuki ^a,b,c   Omura, Yoshiharu ^b,f   Miyake, Taketoshi ^d   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^b,f   Ashour Abdalla, Maha ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947541183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011762     Document Type: Article

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