The scaling of collisionless, magnetic reconnect ion for large systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2163-2166

  Shay, M A ^a,b   Drake, J F ^b   Rogers, B N ^a   Denton, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA WAVES; GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; ELECTRON INERTIA; FAST RECONNECTION; HYBRID SIMULATION; INFLOW VELOCITY; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; RECONNECTION RATE; UNIVERSAL CONSTANTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0032717744     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900481     Document Type: Article

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