Parametric instability in the solar wind: Numerical study of the nonlinear evolution

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 679, Issue , 2003, Pages 505-508

  Primavera, Leonardo ^a,b   Malara, Francesco ^a,b   Veltri, Pierluigi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BACKWARD PROPAGATING WAVES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROPAGATING WAVES; TURBULENT SPECTRUM;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 34249749469     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1618645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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