Controlled precipitation of radiation belt electrons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Inan, U S ^a   Bell, T F ^a   Bortnik, J ^a   Albert, J M ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclotron resonance; Electron precipitation; Pitch angle scattering; Radiation belts; Vlf transmitters; Wave particle interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905363582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009580     Document Type: Article

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