Fluid and kinetic structure of magnetic merging in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Matthaeus, W H ^a   Cothran, C D ^b   Landreman, M ^b   Brown, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA GUNS; PLASMAS;

HALL ELECTRIC FIELD; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 31544455793     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023973     Document Type: Article

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