Diffusion plateaus in the velocity distributions of fast solar wind protons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Heuer, M ^a   Marsch, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 35148860677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011979     Document Type: Article

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