Numerical studies of tearing mode instability and magnetic reconnection in anisotropic plasma

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-445

  Ma, Y J ^a   Wang, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Magnetic reconnection; Mirror mode; Tearing mode

Indexed keywords

PLASMA;

EID: 0034753750     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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