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Is Jupiter the Cosmic Ray Source in Our Solar System?

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The Magnetospheres of the Earth and Jupiter

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 52))

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In debating the problem of the cosmic ray origin one piece of experimental information has been, up to now, somewhat neglected. This is the Earth magnetosphere with its Van Allen belt which is a good example of a high energy particle source. It is well known that a complete theory of the Van Allen belt has not been formulated yet.

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© 1975 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Pizzella, G. (1975). Is Jupiter the Cosmic Ray Source in Our Solar System?. In: Formisano, V. (eds) The Magnetospheres of the Earth and Jupiter. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1789-3_34

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