Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.195001

Title: Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence

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Authors:: Wan, M.; Matthaeus, W. H.; Karimabadi, H.; Roytershteyn, V.; Shay, M.; Wu, P.; Daughton, W.; Loring, B.; Chapman, S. C.

Publication Date:: 2012-11-05

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1101732

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Wan, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Karimabadi, H., Roytershteyn, V., Shay, M., Wu, P., Daughton, W., Loring, B., and Chapman, S. C. Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Wan, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Karimabadi, H., Roytershteyn, V., Shay, M., Wu, P., Daughton, W., Loring, B., & Chapman, S. C. Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.195001.

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                    Wan, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Karimabadi, H., Roytershteyn, V., Shay, M., Wu, P., Daughton, W., Loring, B., and Chapman, S. C. Mon .  
        "Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.195001.

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  title        = {Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence},

  author       = {Wan, M. and Matthaeus, W. H. and Karimabadi, H. and Roytershteyn, V. and Shay, M. and Wu, P. and Daughton, W. and Loring, B. and Chapman, S. C.},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.195001},

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  month        = {11}

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