0482269 - ÚFA 2018 US eng J - Journal Article
Tsurutani, B. T. - Horne, R. B. - Pickett, J. S. - Santolík, Ondřej - Schriver, D. - Verkhoglyadova, O. P.
Introduction to the special section on Chorus: Chorus and its role in space weather.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Roč. 115, A9 (2010), č. článku A00F01. ISSN 0148-0227
Institutional support: RVO:68378289
Keywords : chorus * relativistic electrons * space weather * magnetospheric physics
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 3.303, year: 2010
Result website:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010JA015870/full
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JA015870

Chorus, a naturally occurring magnetospheric electromagnetic wave, is believed to be the result of a long chain of physical processes starting with supergranular circulation at the sun. The interaction of chorus with energetic electrons produces ∼ MeV “killer” electrons that can disable Earth orbiting spacecraft.

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