A Quantitative model for terrestrial foreshock radio emissions: 1. Predicted properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Kuncic, Z ^a   Cairns, I H ^a   Knock, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron acceleration; Foreshock; Plasma instabilities; Radio emission; Wave particle processes; Wave wave processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749112466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010125     Document Type: Article

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