Heating of directly transmitted ions at low Mach number perpendicular shocks: New insights from a statistical physics formulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Ellacott, S W ^a   Wilkinson, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collisionless shocks; Earth's bow shock; Ion heating; Liouville's equation; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905346359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009919     Document Type: Article

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