Fermi and betatron acceleration of suprathermal electrons behind dipolarization fronts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Fu, H S ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y V ^a   Andre M ^a   Vaivads, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETATRONS; ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

BURSTY BULK FLOW; CO-LOCATED; DIPOLARIZATION; DOMINANT PROCESS; FERMI ACCELERATION; FLUX TUBES; LOCAL COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS;

ACCELERATION;

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION;

EID: 80051973538     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048528     Document Type: Article

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