X-ray observations of MeV electron precipitation with a balloon-borne germanium spectrometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 47-1-47-4

  Millan, R M ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Smith, D M ^a   Lorentzen, K R ^c   McCarthy, M P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS; BALLOONS; GERMANIUM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; GERMANIUM SPECTROMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; PRECIPITATION MECHANISM; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; RELATIVISTIC ENERGY; X-RAY OBSERVATIONS;

GERMANIUM; ELECTRONS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 85081150625     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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