Microscopic Effect on Filamentary Coherent Structure Dynamics in Boundary Layer Plasmas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Hasegawa, H.; Ishiguro, S. Microscopic Effect on Filamentary Coherent Structure Dynamics in Boundary Layer Plasmas. Plasma 2018, 1, 61-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010006
Hasegawa H, Ishiguro S. Microscopic Effect on Filamentary Coherent Structure Dynamics in Boundary Layer Plasmas. Plasma. 2018; 1(1):61-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010006
Chicago/Turabian StyleHasegawa, Hiroki, and Seiji Ishiguro. 2018. "Microscopic Effect on Filamentary Coherent Structure Dynamics in Boundary Layer Plasmas" Plasma 1, no. 1: 61-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010006