Experimental study of ion heating and acceleration during magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 5 II, 2001, Pages 1916-1928

  Hsu, S C ^a,b   Carter, T A ^a   Fiksel, G ^a,c   Ji, H ^a   Kulsrud, R M ^a   Yamada, M ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0035333446     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1356737     Document Type: Article

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