Influence of Coulomb collisions on isotopic and elemental fractionation in the solar wind acceleration process

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A1, 2000, Pages 47-60

  Bodmer, Roland ^a,b   Bochsler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 39449135536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900434     Document Type: Article

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