Study of local reconnection physics in a laboratory plasma

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 539-545

  Ji, Hantao ^a   Carter, Troy ^a   Hsu, Scott ^a   Yamada, Masaaki ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ION; LITERATURE REVIEW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 20644467070     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353267     Document Type: Review

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