Electron temperature anisotropy constraints in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Štverák, Štěpán ^a,c   Trávníček, Pavel ^a,b   Maksimovic, Milan ^c,g   Marsch, Eckart ^d   Fazakerley, Andrew N ^e   Scime, Earl E ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

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EID: 44449160436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012733     Document Type: Article

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