Fracton excitations as a driving mechanism for the self-organized dynamical structuring in the solar wind

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 317-345

  Milovanov, A V ^a   Zelenyi, L M ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001057848     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002450525201     Document Type: Article

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