On the temperature anisotropy of the core part of the proton velocity distribution function in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Marsch, E ^a   Ao, X Z ^b,c   Tu, C Y ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma instabilities; Solar wind; Temperature anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649102687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010330     Document Type: Article

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