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Nonlinear convective motion in a rotating magnetized electron-positron plasma

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A set of coupled nonlinear equations is derived which describes the coupling of the vorticity and the external-field aligned flow of a strongly magnetized rotating electron-positron plasma. The possibility of dipole vortex formation is discussed.

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  1. Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, FRG

    P. K. Shukla & M. Y. Yu

  2. Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    L. Stenflo

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Shukla, P.K., Yu, M.Y. & Stenflo, L. Nonlinear convective motion in a rotating magnetized electron-positron plasma. Astrophys Space Sci 127, 371–375 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00636550

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