Reconnection of magnetic field lines near critical points

Plasma Physics Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 783-810

  Bulanov, S V ^a   Dudnikova, G I ^b   Esirkepov, T J ^c   Zhukov, V P ^b   Inovenkov, I N ^d   Kamenets, F F ^c   Lisejkina, T V ^b   Naumova, N M ^a   Nocera, L ^e   Pegoraro, F ^f   Pichushkin, V V ^d   Pozzoli, R ^g,h   Farina, D ^g  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Ist Fis Plasma ENEA EUROATOM GNR   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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