Auroral Particle Acceleration Processes: The Legacy of Hannes Alfvén

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-23

  Lundin, R ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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AURORA;

EID: 0347608719     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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