Numerical simulations of storm-time outer radiation belt dynamics by wave-particle interactions including cross diffusion

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Su, Zhenpeng ^a   Zheng, Huinan ^a   Chen, Liangxu ^b   Wang, Shui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Phase space density evolution; Wave particle interaction

Indexed keywords

CHORUS WAVES; CROSS-DIFFUSION; CROSS-TERMS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ENERGY DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE; ION CYCLOTRONS; MEV-ELECTRONS; MULTIPLE WAVES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUTER RADIATION BELT; PHASE SPACE DENSITIES; PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING; RECOVERY PHASE; WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTION; WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIATION BELTS; STORMS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

EID: 78650855484     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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