A possible way of understanding the differential motion of minor ions in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Tu, C Y ^a,d   Wang, L H ^b   Marsch, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ion differential streaming; Ion drift regulation; Pitch angle diffusion; Solar wind ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905350981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009561     Document Type: Article

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