A study of phase-steepened Alfvén waves in a high-speed stream at 0.29 AU

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 845-851

  Alexander, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (discontinuities; MHD waves and turbulence; solar wind plasma)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034377290     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0845-9     Document Type: Article

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