Resonant interaction between gravitational waves, electromagnetic waves, and plasma flows

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Servin, Martin ^a   Brodin, Gert ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICS;

EID: 0141433317     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.044017     Document Type: Article

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