Heavy ion acceleration in the divergent solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Shevchenko, Valentin ^a   Galinsky, Vitaly ^a   Winske, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PROTONS; SOLAR WIND; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CYCLOTRON INTERACTION; HEAVY ION ACCELERATION; TEST-PARTICLE APPROXIMATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ACCELERATION; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548606763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026765     Document Type: Article

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