Transport of energetic electrons into Saturn's inner magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Paranicas, C ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Roussos, E ^b   Kollmann, P ^b   Krupp, N ^b   Muller A L ^b,c   Krimigis, S M ^a   Turner, F S ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Rymer, A M ^a   Johnson, R E ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 77957585589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015853     Document Type: Article

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