Modulational and decay instabilities of Alfvén waves in a multicomponent plasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Hertzberg, M P ^a   Cramer, N F ^a   Vladimirov, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alfv n; Dust; Instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics; Modulational; Multicomponent

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749120560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010115     Document Type: Article

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