Hall effects on the Walén relation in rotational discontinuities and Alfvén waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18377-18389

  Wu, B H ^a   Lee, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 39449128787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900043     Document Type: Article

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