Electron acoustic waves in double-kappa plasmas: Application to Saturn's magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Baluku, T K ^a,b   Hellberg, M A ^a   MacE, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

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EID: 79955455507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016112     Document Type: Article

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