Particle-in-cell simulations of Alfvén-cyclotron wave scattering: Proton velocity distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Gary, S Peter ^a   Saito, Shinji ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plasma; Proton heating; Simulation; Solar corona

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905353472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009824     Document Type: Article

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