Electron acceleration in the Van Allen radiation belts by fast magnetosonic waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Horne, Richard B ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b   Glauert, Sarah A ^a   Meredith, Nigel P ^a   Pokhotelov, Dimitry ^c   Santolík, Ondřej ^d,e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROTONS;

ELECTRON ACCELERATION; MAGNETIC STORMS; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIATION BALANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 35948933445     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030267     Document Type: Article

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