Numerical modeling of the halo electrons in the fast solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Y ^a,b   Esser, R ^a,c   Hu, Y Q ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electron velocity distribution functions; Solar wind; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549143541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009957     Document Type: Article

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