Rapid dissipation of magnetic field energy driven by plasma flows in force-free collisionless pair plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 1538-1544

  Haruki, T ^a   Sakai, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

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EID: 0035326253     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359742     Document Type: Article

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