Whistler absorption and electron heating near the plasmapause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 101, Issue A3, 1996, Pages 4917-4928

  Thorne, Richard M ^a   Horne, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748518095     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JA03671     Document Type: Article

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