Anti-planetward auroral electron beams at Saturn

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7077, 2006, Pages 699-702

  Saur, J ^a,e   Mauk, B H ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Krupp, N ^b   Khurana, K K ^c   Livi, S ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Newell, P T ^a   Williams, D J ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Lagg, A ^b   Roussos, E ^b   Dougherty, M K ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACE RESEARCH;

ANTI-EARTHWARD ACCELERATION; ANTI-PLANETWARD AURORAL ELECTRON BEAMS; EARTH'S COMPLEX SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SATURN;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

AURORA; SATURN;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32544444896     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04401     Document Type: Article

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