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On the Distribution Function of Particles Precipitating in the Magnetosphere

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, , Citation V N Tsytovich et al 1999 Phys. Scr. 1999 24 DOI 10.1238/Physica.Topical.082a00024

1402-4896/1999/T82/24

Abstract

An investigation of electron acceleration in the auroral precipitation region of the magnetosphere is made. In particular a determination of the mechanisms that could produce the observed power law distribution in energy and the positive slope in the distribution function are described.

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10.1238/Physica.Topical.082a00024