MHD analysis of petschek-type reconnection in non-uniform field and flow geometries

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 709-755

  Kiendl, Michael T ^a   Semenov, Vladimir S ^b   Kubyshkin, Igor V ^b   Biernat, Helfried K ^a   Rijnbeek, Richard P ^c   Besser, Bruno P ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0004517313     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004939123543     Document Type: Article

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