Simulations of pitch angle scattering of relativistic electrons with MLT-dependent diffusion coefficients

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Shprits, Yuri Y ^a   Chen, Lunjin ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67649086107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013695     Document Type: Article

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