Nonlinear dynamics of the firehose instability in a magnetic dipole geotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Horton, W ^a   Xu, B Y ^a   Wong, H V ^a   Van Dam, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n wave turbulence; Firehose turbulence; Pi2 oscillations; Substorm injections; Substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749120562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010288     Document Type: Article

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