On the origin of cosmic magnetic fields

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Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kulsrud, Russell M ^a   Zweibel, Ellen G ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/71/4/046901     Document Type: Article

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