Ion acoustic damping effects on parametric decays of Alfvén waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A5, 2000, Pages 10509-10518

  Gomberoff, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 39449092181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000281     Document Type: Article

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