Timescale for radiation belt electron acceleration by whistler mode chorus waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Horne, Richard B ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b   Glauert, Sarah A ^a   Albert, Jay M ^c   Meredith, Nigel P ^a,d   Anderson, Roger R ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33747249444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010811     Document Type: Article

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