Structure and dynamics of current sheets at Alfvén resonances in a differentially rotating plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2291-2296

  Wang, X ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Ma, Z W ^a   Ren, C ^b   Hegna, C C ^b   Callen, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0009552067     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872902     Document Type: Article

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