Turbulence, magnetic fields, and plasma physics in clusters of galaxies

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Schekochihin, A A ^a   Cowley, S C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM (ICM); ION GYROSCALE; PLASMA PHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCATTERING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33744811715     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2179053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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