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Effects of parallel ion dynamics on drift-Alfvén vortices in plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. K. Shukla
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ruhr University Bochum, Federal Republic ofGermany

Abstract

Drift-Alfvén vortices are investigated, taking into account the nonlinear ion dynamics parallel to the external magnetic field. It is found that the parallel ion motion restricts the vortex speed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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