Rapid acceleration of radiation belt energetic electrons by Z-mode waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Xiao, Fuliang ^a,b   Zhang, Sai ^a   Su, Zhenpeng ^c   He, Zhaoguo ^a   Tang, Lijun ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; CHORUS WAVES; CROSS-DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION RATE; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; MEV-ELECTRONS; MOMENTUM DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTER RADIATION BELT; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE SPACE DENSITIES; PITCH ANGLE; WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

RADIATION BELTS;

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; ENERGETICS; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BALANCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; MAGNETOSPHERE; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 84863038818     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050625     Document Type: Article

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