Planar charged-particle trajectories in multipole magnetic fields

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-210

  Willis, D M ^a,b   Gardiner, A R ^b   Davda, V N ^a   Bone, V J ^a,c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0642373079     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0197-9     Document Type: Article

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