Cyclotron acceleration of radiation belt electrons by whistlers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A3, 2003, Pages

  Trakhtengerts, V Y ^a   Rycroft, M J ^b   Nunn, D ^c   Demekhov, A G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b CAESAR Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energetic electron acceleration; Nonlinear wave particle interaction; Radiation belts; Whistlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744449225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009559     Document Type: Article

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