A parametric study of the influence of ion and electron properties on the excitation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Dasso, Sergio ^a,c   Gratton, Fausto T ^a,e   Farrugia, Charles J ^b,d  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^d Morse Hall   (United States)

^e Instituto de Fisica del Plasma Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections; Ion cyclotron instability; Kinetic instabilities; Magnetic clouds; Plasma waves; Thermal anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905332295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009558     Document Type: Article

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