Domination of heliosheath pressure by shock-accelerated pickup ions from observations of neutral atoms

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7200, 2008, Pages 81-83

  Wang, Linghua ^a,b   Lin, Robert P ^a,b   Larson, Davin E ^b   Luhmann, Janet G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SUNSPOT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOM; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND; WIND POWER;

EID: 46449105175     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07068     Document Type: Article

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