On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041005

Title: On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

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Authors:: Perez, Jean Carlos; Mason, Joanne; Boldyrev, Stanislav; Cattaneo, Fausto

Publication Date:: 2012-10-25

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1074701

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review X

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Perez, Jean Carlos, Mason, Joanne, Boldyrev, Stanislav, and Cattaneo, Fausto. On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Perez, Jean Carlos, Mason, Joanne, Boldyrev, Stanislav, & Cattaneo, Fausto. On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041005.

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                    Perez, Jean Carlos, Mason, Joanne, Boldyrev, Stanislav, and Cattaneo, Fausto. Thu .  
        "On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041005.

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  title        = {On the Energy Spectrum of Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence},

  author       = {Perez, Jean Carlos and Mason, Joanne and Boldyrev, Stanislav and Cattaneo, Fausto},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041005},

  journal      = {Physical Review X},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 2,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2012},

  month        = {10}

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