How important are dispersive Alfvén waves for auroral particle acceleration?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Chaston, C C ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Strangeway, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; LUMINANCE;

AURORA; AURORAL LUMINOSITY; AURORAL PARTICLE ACCELERATION; IONOSPHERIC IONS; STREAMING ELECTRONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34250764869     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029144     Document Type: Article

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