Exact solutions for spine reconnective magnetic annihilation

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-171

  Mellor, C ^a   Priest, E R ^a   Titov, V S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSIONS; MAGNETIC ANNIHILATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SPINE CURVE;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0013388557     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920290004470     Document Type: Article

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