The physics of E × B-drifting jets

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Kundt, Wolfgang ^a   Krishna, Gopal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

E B drift; Jet sources; Monoenergetic beams; Unified scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644433712     PISSN: 02506335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702368     Document Type: Article

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