Time distributions of solar energetic particle events: Are SEPEs really random?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Jiggens, P T A ^a   Gabriel, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72649084052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014291     Document Type: Article

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