Radial transport of radiation belt electrons due to stormtime Pc5 waves

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2173-2181

  Ukhorskiy, A Y ^a   Sitnov, M I ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Anderson, B J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Energetic particles, trapped); Space plasma physics (Nonlinear phenomena; Wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 77958114000     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2173-2009     Document Type: Article

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