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Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Volume 33, 1985 - Issue 1-4
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The stability of dissipative magnetohydrodynamic shear flow in a parallel magnetic field

J. Lerner Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, U.S.A.
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E. Knobloch Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, U.S.A.
Pages 295-314 | Received 03 Dec 1984, Published online: 01 Dec 2006

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