Simulation of dispersionless injections and drift echoes of energetic electrons associated with substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3763-3766

  Li, Xinlin ^a   Baker, D N ^a   Temerin, M ^b,d   Reeves, G D ^c   Belian, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETATRONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON INJECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM;

KAPPA ELECTRON ENERGY FLUX; DISPERSIONLESS INJECTIONS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY FLUX; ELECTRON POPULATION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; INJECTED ELECTRONS; TRANSIENT FIELDS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRONS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 0032532889     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900001     Document Type: Article

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