What is the condition for fast magnetic reconnection?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 436, Issue 2 PART 2, 1994, Pages

  Yokoyama, T ^a   Shibata, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Instabilities; MHD; Plasmas; Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044250658     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/187666     Document Type: Article

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