Anisotropy regulation and plateau formation through pitch angle diffusion of solar wind protons in resonance with cyclotron waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A9, 2002, Pages

  Tu, C Y ^a,b   Marsch, E ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy regulation; Pitch angle diffusion; Solar wind protons; Temperature anisotropy instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749099471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000150     Document Type: Article

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