Cluster observations of high-frequency waves in the exterior cusp

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2403-2411

  Khotyaintsev, Y ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Ogawa, Y ^b   Popielawska, B ^c   Andre M ^a   Buchert, S ^a   Decreau P ^d   Lavraud, B ^e   Reme H ^e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^d LPCE CNRS   (France)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers); Space plasma physics (wave particle interactions; magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344679226     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2403-2004     Document Type: Article

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