Long-Wave instability in marginally stable shear flows

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4155-4158

  Balmforth, N J ^a   Young, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001508581     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4155     Document Type: Article

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