Spectra of cometary X rays induced by solar wind ions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18351-18359

  Kharchenko, V ^a   Dalgarno, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 39449111793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000203     Document Type: Article

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