Instability of inertial Alfvén waves in transverse sheared flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Wu, K ^a   Seyler, C E ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

7827 Space plasma physics: Kinetic and mhd theory; 7843 Space plasma physics: Numerical simulation studies; 7863 Space plasma physics: Turbulence; 7871 Space plasma physics: Waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747196489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009631     Document Type: Article

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