Fast magnetic reconnection via jets and current microsheets

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 590, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Watson, P G ^a   Craig, I J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; MHD; Plasmas; Sun: flares; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043239002     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376566     Document Type: Article

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