A numerical study of forced magnetic reconnection in the viscous Taylor problem

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2304-2312

  Fitzpatrick, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRANDTL NUMBER; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

FORCED MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038644689     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1574516     Document Type: Article

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