Pairwise energy gain-loss feature of solar wind protons in the near-Moon wake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Nishino, M N ^a   Maezawa, K ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Yokota, S ^a   Asamura, K ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Tsunakawa, H ^b   Matsushima, M ^b   Takahashi, F ^b   Terasawa, T ^b   Shibuya, H ^c   Shimizu, H ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAIN; LOW-ALTITUDE; LUNAR NIGHT; LUNAR WAKES; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; WAKES; WIND POWER;

MOON;

DATA SET; KINETIC ENERGY; LUNAR CYCLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORY; WAKE;

EID: 68749098214     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039049     Document Type: Article

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