Particle simulation of plasma response to an applied electric field parallel to magnetic field lines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Omura, Y ^a   Heikkila, W J ^a,b   Umeda, T ^b   Ninomiya, K ^b   Matsumoto, H ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration region; Buneman instability; Electric field; Electron beam; Induction; Particle simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905348901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009573     Document Type: Article

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