MHD simulation of a rapidly rotating magnetosphere interacting with the external plasma flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2627-2630

  Miyoshi, T ^a   Kusano, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

DYNAMIC PRESSURES; MHD SIMULATION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PLASMA DISC; PLASMOID; SUPERSONIC PLASMA FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ROTATING MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0031272099     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52739     Document Type: Article

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