Theory and simulation of the generation of whistler-mode chorus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Omura, Yoshiharu ^a,d   Katoh, Yuto ^a,b   Summers, Danny ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 46749133512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012622     Document Type: Article

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