The KelvinHelmholtz instability at Mercury: An assessment

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1434-1441

  Sundberg, T ^a   Boardsen, S A ^b,c   Slavin, J A ^b   Blomberg, L G ^a   Korth, H ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite Larmor radius; KelvinHelmholtz; Magnetopause; Mercury

Indexed keywords

FINITE LARMOR RADIUS; HIGH AMPLITUDES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INITIAL PERTURBATION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERE; WAVE PERIOD; WAVE SIGNATURES;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; SURFACE WAVES; WIND POWER;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 77955550841     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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