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A Radio Wave Mechanism to Account for the Known Distribution of Van Allen Belts about the Earth

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BOYER, J. A Radio Wave Mechanism to Account for the Known Distribution of Van Allen Belts about the Earth. Nature 190, 597–599 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190597a0

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