Mirror instability thresholds in suprathermal space plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27387-27391

  Leubner, M P ^a   Schupfer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 39449124886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000447     Document Type: Article

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