Energy dependence of the ionic charge state distribution during the November 1997 solar energetic particle event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-148

  Mobius E ^a   Popecki, M ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Kistler, L M ^a   Bogdanov, A ^b   Galvin, A B ^a   Heirtzler, D ^a   Hovestadt, D ^b   Lund, E J ^a   Morris, D ^a   Schmidt, W K H ^c  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

CHARGE STATE DISTRIBUTION; ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY RANGES; IONIC CHARGE STATE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033556670     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900131     Document Type: Article

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