Nonlinear evolution of Alfvénic wave packets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2377-2380

  Buti, B ^a   Jayanti, V ^b   Vinas A F ^c   Ghosh, S ^d   Goldstein, M L ^a   Roberts, D A ^b   Lakhina, G S ^c   Tsurutani, B T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Space Applications Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLAR WIND; SOLITONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DNLS EQUATION; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; EXACT SOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; SOLITON SOLUTIONS; STABLE SOLUTIONS; STATIONARY SOLUTIONS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALFVEN WAVE PACKETS; DERIVATIVE NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EVOLUTION EQUATION (DNLS); SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0032122943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01688     Document Type: Article

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