Evidence for second-order oscillations at the Best frequency in direct numerical simulations of the Vlasov equation

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4559-4564

  Nocera, L ^a,b   Mangeney, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0000956440     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873743     Document Type: Article

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