A numerical investigation of magnetic reconnection

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 55, Issue PART 3, 1996, Pages 431-448

  Anderson, Craig ^a,b   Jamitzky, Ferdinand ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA THEORY; STREAM FLOW;

CURRENT SHEET; FAST RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA JETTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOHYDRONAMIC SIMULATION PROGRAM;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030166001     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022377800018973     Document Type: Article

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