Turbulent mixing and transport of collisionless plasmas across a stratified velocity shear layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yosuke ^a,b   Hoshino, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947501535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010988     Document Type: Article

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