Interdependence of magnetic field and plasma pressures in cusp diamagnetic cavities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Niehof, Jonathan T ^a   Fritz, Theodore A ^a   Friedel, Reiner H W ^b   Chen, Jiasheng ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR WIND;

CO-LOCATION; CUSP PROPERTIES; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; HIGH-DENSITY; PLASMA PRESSURES; SOLAR WIND PLASMA; THERMAL PRESSURE;

PLASMAS;

CAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; PRESSURE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 49849102070     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033589     Document Type: Article

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