THEMIS observations of mirror structures: Magnetic holes and instability threshold

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Balikhin, M A ^a   Sagdeev, R Z ^b   Walker, S N ^a   Pokhotelov, O A ^a   Sibeck, D G ^c   Beloff, N ^d   Dudnikova, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC INVARIANTS; LARMOR RADIUS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MIRROR STRUCTURES; MODE STRUCTURES; RING CURRENTS; SPATIAL SCALE; TRAPPED PARTICLES; MIRROR STRUCTURE; MODE STRUCTURE; SURVEY MODES; TRAPPED PARTICLE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA STABILITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; MAGNETISM; MIRRORS;

MIRRORS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 65249140036     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036923     Document Type: Article

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