First detection of a terrestrial MeV X-ray burst

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4109-4112

  Foat, J E ^a,b,c   Lin, R P ^a,c   Smith, D M ^a   Fenrich, F ^a   Millan, R ^a,c   Roth, I ^a   Lorentzen, K R ^d   McCarthy, M P ^d   Parks, G K ^d   Treilhou, J P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRON BEAMS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODULATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON SCATTERING; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; X RAYS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG EMISSION; COOLED GERMANIUM DETECTORS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOONS; ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION MECHANISM; TRAPPED RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS;

CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG EMISSION; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; TERRESTRIAL X RAY BURSTS;

EID: 0032534209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900134     Document Type: Article

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