Interchange instability at the leading part of reconnection jets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Nakamura, M S ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Fujimoto, M ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA STABILITY;

ANOMALOUS RESISTIVITY; BURSTY BULK FLOW; HYBRID SIMULATION; INTERCHANGE INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; NONLINEAR GROWTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; WAVY PERTURBATIONS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 20244390275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013780     Document Type: Article

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