Alfvénic solitons in ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Lakhina, Gurbax S ^a,c   Verheest, Frank ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 0039415315     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000523722961     Document Type: Article

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