A modal view of oscillations in inhomogeneous compressible MHD

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 57, Issue PART 3, 1997, Pages 591-609

  Cally, P S ^a   Maddison, S T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFVEN CONTINUA;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0031125866     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377897005448     Document Type: Article

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