The Weibel instability in relativistic plasmas II. Nonlinear theory and stabilization mechanism

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-36

  Achterberg, A ^a   Wiersma, J ^a   Norman, C A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: bursts; Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GALAXIES; PLASMA THEORY; SHOCK WAVES;

GALAXIES: JETS; GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS; KINETIC PLASMA THEORY;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 36348959045     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065366     Document Type: Article

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