A two-dimensional particle code simulation of inertial Alfvén waves and auroral electron acceleration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Swift, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 34547933093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011998     Document Type: Article

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