Magnetosheath plasma expansion: Hybrid simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Trávniček, Pavel ^a,b   Hellinger, Petr ^b   Taylor, Matthew G G T ^c   Escoubet, C Philippe ^c   Dandouras, Iannis ^d   Lucek, Elizabeth ^e  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIRRORS; PROTONS;

HYBRID SIMULATION; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA EXPANSION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SIMULATION;

EID: 34948866266     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029728     Document Type: Article

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