Singular structure of magnetic islands resulting from reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5668-5672

  Jemella, B D ^a   Drake, J F ^a   Shay, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM STATE; KINETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; POST-RECONNECTION STATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SLAB GEOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 11844288912     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1807848     Document Type: Article

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