Symmetry breaking and nonlinear wave-wave interaction in current disruption: Possible evidence for a phase transition

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 395-401

  Consolini, Giuseppe ^a,c   Lui, Anthony T Y ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INAF   (Italy)

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EID: 84971306120     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0395     Document Type: Chapter

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