Separator current sheets: Generic features in minimum-energy magnetic fields subject to flux constraints

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5277-5290

  Longcope, D W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035679156     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1418431     Document Type: Article

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