Reconnection rate of magnetic-field lines in hydromagnetic plasma turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-238

  Ichimaru, Setsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0348040674     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.871849     Document Type: Article

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