Deceleration of relative streaming between proton components among nonlinear low-frequency Alfvén waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Kaghashvili, Edisher K ^a   Vasquez, Bernard J ^b   Zank, Gary P ^a   Hollweg, Joseph V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation studies; Solar wind plasma; Wave particle interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849123531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010382     Document Type: Article

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