Mirror instability at finite ion-Larmor radius wavelengths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Pokhotelov, O A ^a   Sagdeev, R Z ^b   Balikhin, M A ^a   Treumann, R A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

FLR correction on mirror mode; Kinetic treatment of mirror instability; Mirror instability; Short scale mirror growth rate; Three dimensional minor mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749093010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010568     Document Type: Article

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