HYBRID CODE SIMULATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON
WAVES IN CURVILINEAR COORDINATES
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty
in partial ful llment of the requirements for the
degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
by
YONGGANG HU
in Physics & Astronomy
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
MAY 2010
Examining Committee:
Chairman
Richard Denton
Member
Brian Anderson
Member
Mary Hudson
Member
Robyn Millan
Brian W. Pogue, Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate Studies
Dartmouth Dissertations are made available through the Dartmouth Digital Library.
Degree
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dartmouth College.
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