Mediation of the solar wind termination shock by non-thermal ions

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7200, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Decker, R B ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a,b   Roelof, E C ^a   Hill, M E ^a   Armstrong, T P ^c   Gloeckler, G ^d   Hamilton, D C ^e   Lanzerotti, L J ^f,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c Fundamental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; SUN; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 46449112392     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07030     Document Type: Article

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