Nonlinear coupling of Alfvén waves with widely different cross-field wavelengths in space plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Voitenko, Yuriy M ^a,b   Goossens, Marcel ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

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EID: 33845722563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010874     Document Type: Article

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