Cold flowing O+ beams in the lobe/mantle at Geotail: Does FAST observe the source?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A7, 2000, Pages 15931-15944

  Seki, K ^a,b   Elphic, R C ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Bonnell, J ^c   Lund, E J ^d   Hirahara, M ^e   Terasawa, T ^b   Mukai, T ^f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449113292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900470     Document Type: Article

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