Acceleration of relativistic electrons via drift-resonant interaction with toroidal-mode Pc-5 ULF oscillations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3273-3276

  Elkington, Scot R ^a   Hudson, Mary K ^a   Chan, Anthony A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIATION BELTS;

DRIFT-RESONANT INTERACTION; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS; TOROIDAL-MODE OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS;

SOLAR WIND;

FIELD LINE RESONANCES; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELING; MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION; RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; RESONANCE CONDITION; RESONANT INTERACTION; STRONG CONVECTIONS;

EID: 0033226716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003659     Document Type: Article

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