Cascade of whistler turbulence: Particle-in-cell simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gary, S Peter ^a   Saito, Shinji ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION SPECTRA; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; WHISTLER TURBULENCE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; RESONANCE; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 40849088118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032327     Document Type: Article

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