Further study of the dynamics of two-dimensional MHD coherent structures - A large-scale simulation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1447-1453

  Wu, C C ^a   Chang, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetotail turbulence; MHD turbulence simulation; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142067853     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00246-7     Document Type: Article

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