Modulation of low-energy cosmic ray electrons in the outer heliosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-131

  Ferreira, S E S ^a   Potgieter, M S ^a   Webber, W R ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray electrons; Cosmic ray modulation; Cosmic rays; Outer heliosphere; Solar wind termination shock

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; SPACECRAFT;

LOCAL INTERSTELLAR ELECTRON SPECTRUM (LIS); TERMINATION SHOCK (TS);

ELECTRONS;

COSMIC RAY;

EID: 2942753781     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.032     Document Type: Article

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