Modeling spectra of the north and south Jovian X-ray auroras

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kharchenko, V ^a,b   Bhardwaj, Anil ^c   Dalgarno, A ^a   Schultz, D R ^d   Stancil, P C ^e  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 55849106701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013062     Document Type: Article

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