Effects of charge exchange and electron impact ionization on the formation of the magnetic pileup boundary at Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Jin, H ^a,b   Maezawa, K ^a   Mukai, T ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947657988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011127     Document Type: Article

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