Computer simulations on three-dimensional plasmoid dynamics by the spontaneous fast reconnection model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A3, 1998, Pages 4573-4585

  Ugai, M ^a,b   Wang, W B ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000394851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97ja01646     Document Type: Article

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