Comment on "low-energy electron production by relativistic runway electron avalanches in air" by J. R. Dwyer and L. P. Babich

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gurevich, A V ^a   Roussel Dupre, R ^b   Zybin, K P ^a   Milikh, G M ^c  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b SciTech Solutions   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 84859587944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017487     Document Type: Note

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