Oblique solitary Alfvén modes in relativistic electron-positron plasmas

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Verheest, Frank ^a   Lakhina, G S ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 0009055408     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00639586     Document Type: Article

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