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... protons , trapped by these stable inner lines of force , can survive much longer than those that interact with the changing outer lines . This trapping is regarded to be the main cause for the Van Allen radiation belts , which con- sist ...
... protons , trapped by these stable inner lines of force , can survive much longer than those that interact with the changing outer lines . This trapping is regarded to be the main cause for the Van Allen radiation belts , which con- sist ...
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... protons tend to drift eastward and westward , respectively , in the outside of the plasmapause ( see Figure 2 ) ... proton or a negative electric charge for an electron , v denotes the velocity vector , and F denotes the magnetic ...
... protons tend to drift eastward and westward , respectively , in the outside of the plasmapause ( see Figure 2 ) ... proton or a negative electric charge for an electron , v denotes the velocity vector , and F denotes the magnetic ...
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... proton with charge + e and an electron of charge -e . Neutrons ( elementary particles of about the same mass as protons but with zero charge ) are unstable except when bound in nuclei . Composite systems of neutrons ( i.e. , nuclei ...
... proton with charge + e and an electron of charge -e . Neutrons ( elementary particles of about the same mass as protons but with zero charge ) are unstable except when bound in nuclei . Composite systems of neutrons ( i.e. , nuclei ...
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