Impact of Hall effect on energy decay in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Mathaeus, W H ^a   Dmitruk, P ^a   Smith, D ^b   Ghosh, S ^b   Oughton, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b EER Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

ENERGY DECAY; LARGE-SCALE EDDIES;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA;

EID: 1642402337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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