Heliopause stability in the presence of neutral atoms: Rayleigh-Taylor dispersion analysis and axisymmetric MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Florinski, V ^a   Zank, G P ^a   Pogorelov, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 32644450486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010879     Document Type: Article

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