Simulation of charged particle diffusion in MHD plasmas

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Spanier, F ^a   Wisniewski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 79251474919     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-7-21-2011     Document Type: Article

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