Dynamics of relativistic reconnection

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 589, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 893-901

  Lyutikov, Maxim ^a,b   Uzdensky, Dmitri ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043289912     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374808     Document Type: Article

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