Transport and acceleration of anomalous cosmic rays in the inner heliosheath

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Ferreira, S E S ^a   Potgieter, M S ^a   Scherer, K ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 38349156131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012477     Document Type: Article

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