The dynamics of electron and ion holes in a collisionless plasma

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-289

  Eliasson, B ^a   Shukla, P K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; PLASMA;

EID: 14944380079     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-269-2005     Document Type: Review

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