Kinetic effects on the parametric decays of Alfv én waves in relativistic pair plasmas

earth, planets and space

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1213-1217

  Munoz V ^a,b   Hada, T ^a   Matsukiyo, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alfv n wavs; electron positron plasma; Parametric decays; relativistic plasma

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

EID: 33750629498     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352012     Document Type: Article

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