Influence of heavy ions on the high-speed solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A8, 1997, Pages 17419-17432

  Li, Xing ^a   Esser, Ruth ^a   Habbal, Shadia R ^a   Hu, You Qiu ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 37149035250     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01448     Document Type: Article

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