Experimental evidence of fast reconnection via trapped electron motion

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2844-2851

  Egedal, J ^a   Fox, W ^a   Porkolab, M ^a   Fasoli, A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA DISCHARGES; TRAPPED ELECTRON MOTIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSION REACTIONS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 2942513147     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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