A magnetic switch that determines the speed of astrophysical jets

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6640, 1997, Pages 350-352

  Meier, D L ^a   Edgington, S ^a,b   Godon, P ^a   Payne, D G ^c   Lind, K R ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030786493     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41034     Document Type: Article

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