Relativistic electron acceleration and precipitation during resonant interactions with whistler-mode chorus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Horne, R B ^a   Thorne, R M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FREQUENCIES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

RESONANT INTERACTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0041327165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl016973     Document Type: Article

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