Fast mixing mechanism of two vortex-current filaments

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 493-511

  Yatsuyanagi, Yuichi ^a   Hatori, Tadatsugu ^b   Kato, Tomokazu ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 0042865371     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377899008132     Document Type: Article

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