Solar Wind Particle Distribution Function Fitted via the Generalized Kappa Distribution Function: Cluster Observations

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 679, Issue , 2003, Pages 489-492

  Qureshi, M N S ^a   Pallocchia, G ^a   Bruno, R ^a   Cattaneo, M B ^a   Formisano, V ^a   Reme, H ^b   Bosqued, J M ^b   Dandouras, I ^b   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Kistler, L M ^c   Mobius E ^c   Klecker, B ^d   Carlson, C W ^e   McFadden, J P ^e   Parks, G K ^e   McCarthy, M ^f   Korth, A ^g   Lundin, R ^h   Balogh, A ⁱ   Shah, H A ^j  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h SISP   (Sweden)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

ANALYTIC REPRESENTATION; CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; EARTH'S BOW SHOCK; MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; NON-MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR WIND PARTICLES; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84899556665     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1618641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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