Estimates of lifetimes against pitch angle diffusion

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1647-1652

  Albert, J M ^a   Shprits, Y Y ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Lifetime; Pitch angle diffusion

Indexed keywords

DECAY RATE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; LIFETIME; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PITCH ANGLE; PITCH ANGLE DIFFUSION; SINGLE RATE; TIME-SCALES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 67649089307     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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