Alfvén-wave instability of current sheets in force-free collisionless plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4768-4771

  Bellan, P M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0007423308     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4768     Document Type: Article

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