Ray tracing of penetrating chorus and its implications for the radiation belts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Bortnik, J ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Meredith, N P ^b   Santolik, Ondrej ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHORUS RAYS; GENDRIN ANGLE; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; RAY TRACING; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34948860103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030040     Document Type: Article

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