Transport of a few-MeV Jovian and galactic electrons at solar maximum

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 669-674

  Ferreira, S E S ^a,c   Potgieter, M S ^a   Heber, B ^b   Fichtner, H ^c   Kissmann, R ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRAJECTORIES;

GALACTIC ELECTRONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ELECTRON; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0242710176     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00345-4     Document Type: Article

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