Nonlinear evolution of modified two-stream instability above ionosphere of Titan: Comparison with the data of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Dóbé, Zoltán ^a,b   Szego, Karoly ^a   Quest, Kevin B ^c   Shapiro, Vitali D ^c   Hartle, R E ^d   Sittler Jr , E C ^d  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b GE Hungary Co Ltd   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 35148857663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011770     Document Type: Article

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