Charge states of solar energetic particles using the geomagnetic cutoff technique: SAMPEX measurements in the 6 November 1997 solar particle event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Mazur, J E ^a   Mason, G M ^b   Looper, M D ^a   Leske, R A ^c   Mewaldt, R A ^c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CUT-OFF METHODS; CUTOFF TECHNIQUE; ELECTROSTATIC DEFLECTION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; IONIZATION STATE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033556591     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900075     Document Type: Article

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