Wave acceleration of electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7056, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Horne, Richard B ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b   Shprits, Yuri Y ^b   Meredith, Nigel P ^a   Glauert, Sarah A ^a   Smith, Andy J ^a   Kanekal, Shrikanth G ^c   Baker, Daniel N ^c   Engebretson, Mark J ^d   Posch, Jennifer L ^d   Spasojevic, Maria ^e   Inan, Umran S ^e   Pickett, Jolene S ^f   Decreau, Pierrette M E ^g  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CHARGED PARTICLES; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTRON FLUX; ELECTRON VOLTS; RADIAL DIFFUSION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTRONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

EID: 24744464092     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03939     Document Type: Article

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