Proton core-beam system in the expanding solar wind: Hybrid simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hellinger, Petr ^a,b   Trávníček, Pavel M ^a,b,c  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 81255170345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016940     Document Type: Article

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