Evolution of energetic electron pitch angle distributions during storm time electron acceleration to megaelectronvolt energies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Horne, Richard B ^a   Meredith, Nigel P ^b   Thorne, Richard M ^c   Heynderickx, Daniel ^d   Iles, Roger H A ^b   Anderson, Roger R ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic storm; Pitch angle; Radiation belt; Wave acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749104214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009165     Document Type: Article

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