The clump lifetime revisited: Exact calculation of the second-order structure function for a model of forced, dissipative turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 655-673

  Krommes, John A ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000521325     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872148     Document Type: Article

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