Gyroresonant acceleration of electrons in the magnetosphere by superluminous electromagnetic waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A6, 2001, Pages 10853-10868

  Summers, Danny ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b   Xiao, Fuliang ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449088554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000309     Document Type: Article

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