Non-Maxwellian effects in magnetosonic solitons

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2310-2314

  Pokhotelov, O A ^a   Balikhin, M A ^a   Onishchenko, O G ^b   Walker, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetosheath; Magnetosonic waves; Mirror instability; Solitons

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MIRRORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MAGNETOSHEATH; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES; MIRROR INSTABILITY;

SOLITONS;

EID: 36048947930     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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