Ultra-relativistic electrons in Jupiter's radiation belts

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6875, 2002, Pages 987-991

  Bolton, S J ^a   Janssen, M ^a   Thorne, R ^b   Levin, S ^a   Klein, M ^a   Gulkis, S ^a   Bastian, T ^c   Sault, R ^d   Elachi, C ^a   Hofstadter, M ^a   Bunker, A ^a   Dulk, G ^e   Gudlm, E ^a   Hamilton, G ^a   Johnson, W T K ^a   Leblanc, Y ^e   Liepack, O ^a   McLeod, R ^f   Roller, J ^f   Roth, L ^a   West, R ^a   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f Lewis Center for Educational Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLANETS; PLASMA WAVES; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ULTRA-RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTRON; JUPITER; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; THEORY;

EID: 18244382556     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415987a     Document Type: Article

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