Electron pitch angle diffusion by electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic waves: The origin of pancake distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A3, 2000, Pages 5391-5402

  Horne, Richard B ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449108530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900447     Document Type: Article

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