Reduced magnetohydrodynamics and parallel spectral transfer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 1, 2004, Pages 2214-2225

  Oughton, S ^a   Dmitruk, P ^b   Matthaeus, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLIKE CONDITION; PARALLEL WAVENUMBER; SPECTRAL TRANFER; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SET THEORY; TURBULENCE; VECTORS; WAVE EFFECTS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 2942551346     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1705652     Document Type: Article

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