Simulations of diffuse aurora with plasma sheet electrons in pitch angle diffusion less than everywhere strong

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 28949-28966

  Chen, Margaret W ^a   Schulz, Michael ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 39449095961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000138     Document Type: Article

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