Multiple ions resonant heating and acceleration by Alfvén/cyclotron fluctuations in the corona and the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A8, 2004, Pages

  Hong, Xie ^a,b   Ofman, Leon ^a,b   Viñas, Adolfo ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion cylotron waves; Microinstabilities; Solar wind heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549125343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010501     Document Type: Article

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