Ion-ion kink instability in the magnetotail: 1. Linear theory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Karimabadi, H ^a   Daughton, W ^b   Pritchett, P L ^c   Krauss Varban, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kelvin helmholtz instability; Kink mode; Linear theory; Magnetotail instabilities; Vlasov theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857825086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010026     Document Type: Article

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