Nonlocal kinetic theory of Alfvén waves on dipolar field lines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Lysak, Robert L ^a   Song, Yan ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n waves; Auroral particle acceleration; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Nonlocal kinetic theory; Wave particle interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242889440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009859     Document Type: Article

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