Electron precipitation caused by chaotic motion in the magnetosphere due to large-amplitude whistler waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A2, 1997, Pages 2233-2241

  Faith, James ^a   Kuo, Spencer ^a   Huang, Joe ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37149049654     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA01968     Document Type: Article

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