Heating and deceleration of minor ions in the extended fast solar wind by oblique Alfvén waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Li, X ^a,b   Lu, Q M ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 77955811532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015303     Document Type: Article

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