Plasma temperature distributions in the heliosheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Richardson, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; PLASMAS; SOLAR WIND; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ENERGY FLOWS; FLOW ENERGIES; HELIOSHEATH; PICK-UP IONS; PLASMA TEMPERATURES; PROTON TEMPERATURES; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TERMINATION SHOCKS; THERMAL IONS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY FLOW; ION; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 60149097541     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036168     Document Type: Article

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