Limits on the core temperature anisotropy of solar wind protons

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2057-2063

  Marsch, E ^a   Zhao, L ^b   Tu, C Y ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Solar wind plasma); Space plasma physics (Wave particle interactions; Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984411305     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2057-2006     Document Type: Article

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