Dynamic Plasma Interaction at Io: Multispecies Hybrid Simulations
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2169-9380,2169-9402
DOI: 10.1029/2018ja026153