Recent progresses in relativistic beam-plasma instability theory

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2127-2132

  Bret, A ^a   Dieckmann, M E ^b   Gremillet, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Cosmic rays); Solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy (X rays and gamma rays); Space plasma physics (Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY; INSTABILITY; PLASMA; SOLAR SYSTEM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78649406103     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-2127-2010     Document Type: Article

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