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Local heating of radiation belt electrons to ultra-relativistic energies

Electrically charged particles are trapped by the Earth’s magnetic field, forming the Van Allen radiation belts. Observations show that electrons in this region can have energies in excess of 7 MeV. However, whether electrons at these ultra-relativistic energies are locally accelerated, arise from b...

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Autores principales: Allison, Hayley J., Shprits, Yuri Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32913216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18053-z