A two-dimensional simulation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability with magnetic shear

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 25097-25103

  Keller, Kristi A ^a   Lysak, Robert L ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 0003066088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900368     Document Type: Article

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