Intermediate nonlinear evolution of the parker instability: Formation of convection-induced discontinuities and absence of finite-time singularities

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zhu, P ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Germaschewski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PLASMAS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; PARKER INSTABILITY; SHOCKLIKE COHERENT STRUCTURES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 33144461922     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.065001     Document Type: Article

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