Nearby-fluids equilibria. I. Formalism and transition to single-fluid magnetohydrodynamics

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Steinhauer, Loren C ^a   Ishida, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON FLOW SURFACES; NEARBY-FLUIDS ORDERING; SINGLE-FLUID MAGNETODYNAMICS; TWO-FLUID EQUILIBRIA;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA THEORY;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33744807485     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2200610     Document Type: Article

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