Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.135005

Title: Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines

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Authors:: Guo, Zehua; Tang, Xian-Zhu

Publication Date:: 2012-09-28

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103428

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Guo, Zehua, and Tang, Xian-Zhu. Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.135005.

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                    Guo, Zehua, & Tang, Xian-Zhu. Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.135005.

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                    Guo, Zehua, and Tang, Xian-Zhu. Fri .  
        "Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.135005.

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  title        = {Ambipolar Transport via Trapped-Electron Whistler Instability Along Open Magnetic Field Lines},

  author       = {Guo, Zehua and Tang, Xian-Zhu},

  abstractNote = {},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.135005},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 13,

  volume       = 109,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2012},

  month        = {9}

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