Field line diffusion in solar wind magnetic turbulence and energetic particle propagation across heliographic latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 24965-24978

  Pommois, P ^a,b   Veltri, P ^a,b   Zimbardo, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 39449109720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900050     Document Type: Article

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