Local particle traps in the high latitude magnetosphere and the acceleration of relativistic electrons

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1465-1471

  Antonova, E E ^a,b   Myagkova, I M ^a   Stepanova, M V ^c   Riazantseva, M O ^a,b   Ovchinnikov, I L ^c   Mar'in, B V ^a   Karavaev, M V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

External radiation belt; Local particle traps; Magnetic field models

Indexed keywords

AURORAL OVAL; CORONAS-F; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRON FLUX; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; EXTERNAL RADIATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; LOCAL PARTICLE TRAPS; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELS; OUTER RADIATION BELT; PARTICLE TRAPS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; SATELLITE DATA;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79960065959     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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