Magnetic reconnection triggered by the Parker instability in the galaxy: Two-dimensional numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations and application to the origin of X-ray gas in the Galactic halo

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 582, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 215-229

  Tanuma, Syuniti ^a,b,c,d   Yokoyama, Takaaki ^c   Kudoh, Takahiro ^c,e   Shibata, Kazunari ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Instabilities; ISM: magnetic fields; MHD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013002513     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344523     Document Type: Article

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