Model of UV flashes due to gigantic blue jets

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Milikh, G M ^a   Shneider, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE JETS; DEVELOPED MODEL; MICRO SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PULSE WIDTH; SPECTRAL RANGE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UV DETECTOR;

ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 65249109006     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/23/234013     Document Type: Article

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