Magnetic reconnection within rolled-up MHD-scale Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices: Two-fluid simulations including finite electron inertial effects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Nakamura, Takuma K M ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FINITE ELECTRON INERTIAL EFFECTS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ (KH) VORTICES; MAGNETIC FIELD INTENSITY; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SHEAR LAYER;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 29344431879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023362     Document Type: Article

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