Experimental evidence of phase coherence of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar wind: GEOTAIL satellite data

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1864, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Koga, D ^a,b   Chian, A C L ^a,b   Hada, T ^c   Rempel, E L ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b World Institute for Space Environment Research (WISER)   (Brazil)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence; Nonlinear interactions; Phase coherence; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

ENERGETIC PARTICLES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PHASE COHERENCE; QUASI-LINEAR THEORY; SURROGATE DATA TECHNIQUE;

SATELLITES;

EID: 37549047268     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2102     Document Type: Article

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