A criterion for splitting of a reconnecting current sheet into MHD discontinuities

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 55, Issue PART 3, 1996, Pages 303-325

  Markovskii, S A ^a   Somov, B V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA FLOW; VELOCITY;

FLOW VELOCITY; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION PROCESS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DISCONTINUITIES; ONE DIMENSIONAL DISCONTINUITY; PLASMA CONDUCTIVITY; RECONNECTING CURRENT SHEET;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 0030165850     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022377800018870     Document Type: Article

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