Theory for explosive ideal magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Wilson, H R ^a   Cowley, S C ^b,c  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS; FLUX TUBES; MAGNETOSPHERIC SUBSTORMS; SOLAR FLARES;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 2942611398     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.175006     Document Type: Article

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