Energetic particle injections in Saturn's magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Mauk, Barry H ^a   Saur, J ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Roelof, E C ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Armstrong, T P ^b   Hamilton, D C ^c   Krimigis, S M ^a   Krupp, N ^d   Livi, S A ^a   Manweiler, J W ^b   Paranicas, C P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fundamental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FLOW PATTERNS; IONS; PLANETS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

ENERGETIC PARTICLE INJECTION; SATURN;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

SATURN;

EID: 25444431793     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022485     Document Type: Article

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