Non-thermal electrons at the Earth's bow shock: A 'gradual' event

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-606

  Oka, M ^a   Terasawa, T ^b   Fujimoto, M ^c   Matsui, H ^d   Kasaba, Y ^e   Saito, Y ^c   Kojima, H ^f   Matsumoto, H ^a   Mukai, T ^g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bow shock; Particle acceleration; Scattering; Whistlers

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; GRADUALISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PREDICTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 69649095637     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352932     Document Type: Conference Paper

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