Rapid energization of radiation belt electrons by nonlinear wave trapping

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3451-3456

  Katoh, Y ^a,b   Omura, Y ^a   Summers, D ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; NONLINEAR WAVE; PLASMA; TRAPPING;

EID: 55749106789     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3451-2008     Document Type: Article

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