On the cessation of magnetic reconnection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 603-612

  Hesse, M ^a   Birn, J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Space plasma physics (magnetic reconnection; numerical simulation studies; numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 1342267557     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-603-2004     Document Type: Article

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