Tripolar shear-Alfvén vortex structures

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-391

  Jovanovic D ^a,b   Pegoraro, F ^c   Rasmussen, J Juul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

SHEAR-ALFVEN PERTURBATIONS; TRIPOLAR VORTICES;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 0032131795     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377898006904     Document Type: Article

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