Disintegration and reformation of intermediate-shock segments in three-dimensional MHD bow shock flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 30023-30037

  De Sterck, H ^a,b,c   Poedts, S ^b  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 39449137468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000205     Document Type: Article

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