Monte Carlo model for electron degradation in SO2 gas: Cross sections, yield spectra, and efficiencies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24713-24728

  Bhardwaj, Anil ^a   Michael, Marykutty ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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