Ideal magnetofluid turbulence in two dimensions

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 661-695

  Jordan, Richard ^a,c   Turkington, Bruce ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structure; Discrete fourier transform; Magnetohydrodynamics; Maximum entropy; Statistical equilibrium; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138771     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02181242     Document Type: Article

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