Bursty energetic electrons confined in flux ropes in the cusp region

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 821-830

  Zong, Q G ^a   Fritz, T A ^a   Spence, H ^a   Dunlop, M ^b   Pu, Z Y ^c   Korth, A ^d   Daly, P W ^d   Balogh, A ^b   Reme, H ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MASS TRANSFER; SOLAR SYSTEM;

FLUX ROPES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0142043784     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(03)00116-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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