Spin-period effects in magnetospheres with no axial tilt

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Carbary, James F ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Hamilton, D C ^b   Krupp, N ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SPIN WAVES;

MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA SHEET; SPIN-PERIODIC WAVES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; TILT;

EID: 36549016645     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030483     Document Type: Article

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