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Helicon Modes Driven by Ionosheric 0+ Ions in the Plasma Sheet Region

Authors :
Lakhina, Gurbax S
Tsurutani, Bruce T
Publication Year :
1996
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1996.

Abstract

It is shown that the precence of ionospheric-origin oxygen ion beams with anisotropic pressure can excite helicon modes in the near-Earth plasma shet region provided their Alfvenic Mach numbers lie in a certain range.

Subjects

Subjects :
Plasma Physics

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.20060036783
Document Type :
Report