A theoretical model for O5+ (O7+) ions in the fast solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Chen, Yao ^a   Esser, Ruth ^a   Hu, You Qiu ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

2164 interplanetary physics: Solar wind plasma; 7511 solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy: Coronal holes; 7823 space plasma physics: Ionization processes; 7843 space plasma physics: Numerical simulation studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549086499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009341     Document Type: Article

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