Energy distribution and lifetime of magnetospherically reflecting whistlers in the plasmasphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Bortnik, J ^a   Inan, U S ^a   Bell, T F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landau damping; Lightning; Magnetospherically reflected whistlers; Ray tracing; Slot region; Wave particle interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905330122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009316     Document Type: Article

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