The discovery of trapped energetic electrons in the outer cusp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1825-1828

  Sheldon, R B ^a   Spence, H E ^a   Sullivan, J D ^a   Fritz, T A ^a   Chen, Jiasheng ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIATION BELTS;

OUTER CUSPS; TRAPPED ENERGETIC ELECTRONS;

RADIATION BELTS; ELECTRONS;

CUSP REGION; DIPOLE TRAPS; ELECTRON POPULATION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; PHASE SPACE DENSITIES; PITCH ANGLE; TEST PARTICLES; TIME VARIABILITY;

EID: 0032096049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01399     Document Type: Article

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