Controlling effect of the pitch angle scattering rates near the edge of the loss cone on electron lifetimes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Shprits, Y Y ^a   Li, W ^a   Thorne, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947641029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011758     Document Type: Article

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