Energetic electrons downstream of Earth's bow shock: Simulations of acceleration by shock structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3249-3252

  Lowe, R E ^a   Burgess, D ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTRON SCATTERING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA SIMULATION;

EARTH'S BOW SHOCK; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; FERMI ACCELERATION; SHOCK SIMULATION; SHOCK STRUCTURE; SHOCK TRANSITION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRON MOTION;

EID: 0034353010     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL000095     Document Type: Article

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