Reply to comment on "Origins of energetic ions in the cusp" by R. Sheldon, J. Chen, and T. A. Fritz

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Trattner, K J ^a   Fuselier, S A ^a   Peterson, W K ^b   Chang, S W ^c,f   Friedel, R ^d   Aellig, M R ^e  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cusp; Energetic ions; Ion acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844435891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009781     Document Type: Note

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