Effect of plasma compression on plasma sheet stability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2705-2708

  Lee, D Y ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA STABILITY; STABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BALLOONING EQUATIONS; PLASMA COMPRESSION; PLASMA SHEET STABILITY; BALLOONING INSTABILITY; BALLOONING MODES; FIELD LINES; PARALLEL MOTION; PLASMA SHEET; STOCHASTIC THEORIES; THRESHOLD-VALUE;

PLASMA STABILITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033386541     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900590     Document Type: Article

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