Particle simulation of the auroral zone showing parallel electric fields, waves, and plasma acceleration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A7, 1999, Pages 14655-14670

  Schriver, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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