On the validity of a nonlocal approach for MHD turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2298-2306

  Gomez, T ^a,b   Politano, H ^a   Pouquet, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0001383926     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870092     Document Type: Article

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