Propagation speed of runaway electron avalanches

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Coleman, L M ^a   Dwyer, J R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

E-FOLDING LENGTHS; RELATIVISTIC RUNWAY BREAKDOWN (RRB);

AVALANCHE DIODES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33746427508     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025863     Document Type: Article

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