Two-scale structure of the current layer controlled by meandering motion during steady-state collisionless driven reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3579-3585

  Ishizawa, A ^a   Horiuchi, R ^a   Ohtani, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ELECTRON INERTIA; ELECTRON-MEANDERING MOTIONS; PARTICLE SIMULATION; TOKAMAK DISCHARGES;

PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

EID: 3142769005     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1758718     Document Type: Article

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