Intermittent structures and magnetic discontinuities on small scales in MHD simulations and solar wind

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1895-1899

  Greco, A ^a   Servidio, S ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^b   Dmitruk, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Magnetic discontinuities; MHD simulations; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

BURSTINESS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; CORRELATION SCALE; CURRENT SHEETS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; INTERMITTENCY; INTERMITTENT STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC DISCONTINUITIES; MAGNETIC FLUX TUBE; MHD SIMULATION; MHD TURBULENCE; SMALL SCALE; SOLAR WIND DATA; SPACECRAFT DATA; WAITING-TIME;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 78449311548     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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