A model for generating relativistic electrons in the Earth's inner magnetosphere based on gyroresonant wave-particle interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A2, 2000, Pages 2625-2639

  Summers, Danny ^a   Ma, Chun Yu ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 39449091957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900444     Document Type: Article

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