A statistical study of unstable particle populations in the global ring current and their relation to the generation of high m ULF waves

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4229-4241

  Baddeley, Lisa J ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Wright, D M ^a   Trattner, K J ^b   Kellet, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Energetic particles, trapped; MHD waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 13244249976     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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