Coalescence of magnetic islands including anomalous resistivity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3533-3543

  Schumacher, J ^a   Kliem, B ^a  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SIMULATION; VECTORS;

KINETIC ENERGY; LUNDQUIST NUMBER; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 0031249990     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872250     Document Type: Article

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