Nonlinear instability of thin current sheets in antiparallel and guided magnetic fields

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3561-3570

  Silin, I ^a   Buchner J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; PLASMA WAVES; VECTORS;

CURRENT SHEETS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0141723647     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1599357     Document Type: Article

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