Scaling of forced magnetic reconnection in the Hall-magnetohydrodynamic Taylor problem

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 937-946

  Fitzpatrick, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA MODELS; SKIN DEPTH; TAYLOR PROBLEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLASMAS; TOPOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 2042510385     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1640378     Document Type: Article

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