Energy partition between solar wind protons and pickup ions in the distant heliosphere: A three-fluid approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29401-29407

  Wang, C ^a,b   Richardson, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 39449121246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000190     Document Type: Article

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