Nonlinear evolution of the MHD Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a compressible plasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lai, S H ^a   Lyu, L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33947651720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010724     Document Type: Article

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