PHOIBOS: Probing heliospheric origins with an inner boundary observing spacecraft

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1057-1078

  Maksimovic, M ^a   Velli, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronal heating; Solar corona; Solar wind acceleration; Space mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349326744     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9113-x     Document Type: Article

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