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Hiss from the chorus

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What is the origin of the broadband, low-intensity radio waves thought to control the radiation belts that surround Earth? The latest suggestion sees this 'hiss' emerging from an unsuspected quarter.

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Figure 1: Earth's engirdling belts.

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  1. Mark A. Clilverd is in the Physical Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK. macl@bas.ac.uk

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  1. Craig J. Rodger is in the Department of Physics, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. crodger@physics.otago.ac.nz,

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Rodger, C., Clilverd, M. Hiss from the chorus. Nature 452, 41–42 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452041a

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