Role of non-adiabatic processes in the creation of the outer radiation belts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Fox, Nicola J ^a   Mauk, Barry H ^a   Blake, Bernard ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

ADAIABATIC TRANSPORT; PHASE SPACE DENSITY;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; PLASMA; SATELLITE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ADIABATIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON RADIATION; LOWER LIMITS; NON-ADIABATIC PROCESS; OUTER RADIATION BELT; PHASE SPACE DENSITIES; SOURCE POPULATION;

EID: 38549152769     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026598     Document Type: Article

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