Dusty plasma in the vicinity of Enceladus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Morooka, M W ^a   Wahlund, J E ^a   Eriksson, A I ^a   Farrell, W M ^b   Gurnett, D A ^c   Kurth, W S ^c   Persoon, A M ^c   Shafiq, M ^a   Andre M ^a   Holmberg, M K G ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84055217718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017038     Document Type: Article

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