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Croley et al. 1978
Croley, D.R., Mizera, P.F. and Fennell, J.F. (1978). Signature of a parallel electric field in ion and electron distributions in velocity space. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JA083iA06p02701. issn: 0148-0227.

Charged particle data taken by the S3-3 satellite, reported by Mizera and Fennell (1977), are presented as contours of the velocity distribution function on a velocity-space diagram. This report focuses on the analytical technique used to interpret the particle data. Details of features exhibited by the electron and ion data in the velocity-space representations are discussed in terms of a simple electrostatic acceleration model. The observed particle populations are separated in velocity-space by recognizable demarcations calculated from the conservation laws in accordance with Liouville's theorem.

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