Statistical characteristics of particle injections throughout the equatorial magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2512-2535

  Gabrielse, C ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Runov, A ^a   Turner, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BBFs; injections; inner magnetosphere; particle acceleration; particle transport; radiation belts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900826634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019638     Document Type: Article

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