Broadening of solar wind strahl pitch-angles by the electron/electron instability: Particle-in-cell simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Gary, S Peter ^a   Saito, Shinji ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

ELECTRON PITCH-ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS;

SOLAR WIND;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; SIMULATION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34548567356     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030039     Document Type: Article

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