Oblique proton fire hose instability in the expanding solar wind: Hybrid simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hellinger, Petr ^a,b   Trávníček, Pavel M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 57549109801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013416     Document Type: Article

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