Injection and acceleration of energetic particles at collisionless shocks

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-542

  Scholer, M ^a   Kucharek, H ^a   Trattner, K J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005072143     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00958-7     Document Type: Article

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