Transport theoretic solutions for the beam-spreading effect in the proton-hydrogen aurora

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1415-1418

  Jasperse, John R ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROTONS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

BEAM SPREADING EFFECT; PROTON HYDROGEN AURORA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATOMS;

BEAM SPREADING; CLOSED FORM; GYRORADIUS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; MATCHED ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARTICLE FLUXES;

EID: 0031166355     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01271     Document Type: Article

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