Wave turbulence in incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamics

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-769

  Galtier, Sébastien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPY; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; HALL EFFECT; KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA WAVES;

PLASMA TURBULENCE;

EID: 33749322024     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377806004521     Document Type: Article

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