# Density-PDFs and Lagrangian statistics of highly compressible turbulence

@article{Beetz2008DensityPDFsAL,
title={Density-PDFs and Lagrangian statistics of highly compressible turbulence},
author={Christoph Beetz and Ch. Schwarz and J{\"u}rgen Dreher and Rainer Grauer},
journal={Physics Letters A},
year={2008},
volume={372},
pages={3037-3041}
}
• Published 12 July 2007
• Physics, Environmental Science
• Physics Letters A
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