Study of magnetic helicity and relaxation phenomena in laboratory plasmas

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 111, Issue , 1999, Pages 129-140

  Yamada, Masaaki ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84891092773     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM111p0129     Document Type: Chapter

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