Scale-dependent angle of alignment between velocity and magnetic field fluctuations in solar wind turbulence
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Scale dependent alignment between velocity and magnetic field fluctuations in the solar wind and comparisons to Boldyrev’s phenomenological theory
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تاریخ انتشار 2017