Proton/alpha magnetosonic instability in the fast solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7483-7489

  Li, Xing ^a   Habbal, Shadia Rifai ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 39449125049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000259     Document Type: Article

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