Influence of the Hall term on KH instability and reconnection inside KH vortices

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 935-949

  Nykyri, K ^a,b   Otto, A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (transport processes; magnetic reconnection; numerical simulation studies; nonlinear phenomena; turbulence)

Indexed keywords

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1942536120     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-935-2004     Document Type: Article

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