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Alfvén Waves in a Gas Discharge

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  1. D. F. JEPHCOTT: On attachment from Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Co.

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JEPHCOTT, D. Alfvén Waves in a Gas Discharge. Nature 183, 1652–1654 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831652a0

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