Hybrid-Vlasov simulation of auroral proton precipitation in the cusps: Comparison of northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field driving | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 10, 2020


Article Number		51
Number of page(s)		17
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020053
Published online		14 October 2020

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