Reconnection scaling experiment: A new device for three-dimensional magnetic reconnection studies

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2324-2331

  Furno, I ^a   Intrator, T ^a   Torbert, E ^a   Carey, C ^a   Cash, M D ^a   Campbell, J K ^a   Fienup, W J ^a   Werley, C A ^a   Wurden, G A ^a   Fiksel, G ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 0038680420     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1544051     Document Type: Review

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