Stochastic particle acceleration by a pair of slow shocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A10, 1997, Pages 22301-22310

  Shimada, Nobue ^a   Terasawa, Toshio ^a   Jokipii, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 37149024530     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA02032     Document Type: Article

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