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IN high latitudes, at altitudes of order 100 km., a flux of electrons (50–90 keV.) dependent on latitude has been detected1. Protons of energy up to at least 90 keV. appear in auroræ2. I propose an explanation of this observed high-latitude corpuscular radiation on the basis of an acceleration mechanism discussed by Bohm and Gross3.
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COLE, K. Low-Energy Corpuscular Radiation at High Latitudes. Nature 183, 738 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183738a0
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