Nonlinear mirror waves in non-Maxwellian space plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Pokhotelov, O A ^a   Sagdeev, R Z ^b   Balikhin, M A ^a   Onishchenko, O G ^c   Fedun, V N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 46749117955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012642     Document Type: Article

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