Dependence of cyclotron maser instability growth rates on electron velocity distributions and perturbation by solitary waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Mutel, R L ^a   Peterson, W M ^a   Jaeger, T R ^a   Scudder, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 34548546823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012442     Document Type: Article

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