The expansion of a plasma into a vacuum: Basic phenomena and processes and applications to space plasma physics

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1983, Pages 1631-1646

  Samir, Uri ^a   Wright, K H ^a   Stone, N H ^a  

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PLASMAS;

EID: 0020799061     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RG021i007p01631     Document Type: Review

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