Observations of the parametric decay instability of nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic waves

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 846-855

  Spangler, Steven R ^a   Leckband, James A ^a,b   Cairns, Iver H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Worlds Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA STABILITY; SPACECRAFT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALFVEN WAVES; EARTH BOW SHOCK; ION ACOUSTIC WAVE; MAGNETOSONIC WAVES; PARAMETRIC DECAY INSTABILITY; SOLAR WIND; WAVE PROCLIVITY;

PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 0031094567     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872183     Document Type: Article

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