Formation of anomalous slow shocks in anisotropic plasmas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Hau, L N ^a   Hung, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES; PRESSURE ANISOTROPY; SPACE PLASMAS;

PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

PLASMA;

EID: 25644444561     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023167     Document Type: Article

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