Magnetic dissipation in a force-free plasma with a sheet-pinch configuration

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2763-2771

  Li, H ^a   Nishimura, K ^a   Barnes, D C ^a   Gary, S P ^a   Colgate, S A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC DISSIPATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0038105144     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1582186     Document Type: Article

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