Modeling the effects of local time variation of plasma sheet properties on proton ring current energy and peak location

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Lavraud, Benoit ^a,b   Jordanova, Vania K ^a   Thomsen, Michelle F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 48349097133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012883     Document Type: Article

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