Temporal Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Zhdankin, Vladimir; Uzdensky, Dmitri A.; Boldyrev, Stanislav

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.065002

Title: Temporal Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

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Authors:: Zhdankin, Vladimir; Uzdensky, Dmitri A.; Boldyrev, Stanislav

Publication Date:: Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1180679

Grant/Contract Number:: DESC0003888

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zhdankin, Vladimir, Uzdensky, Dmitri A., and Boldyrev, Stanislav. Temporal Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Zhdankin, Vladimir, Uzdensky, Dmitri A., & Boldyrev, Stanislav. Temporal Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.065002

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                    Zhdankin, Vladimir, Uzdensky, Dmitri A., and Boldyrev, Stanislav. Mon .  
"Temporal Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.065002.

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