Two-dimensional numerical simulation of the resistive reconnection layer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 4018-4030

  Uzdensky, D A ^a,b   Kulsrud, R M ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0000781107     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1308081     Document Type: Article

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