Major unsolved problems in space plasma physics

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 349-369

  Goldstein, Melvyn L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1012264131485     Document Type: Article

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