Electrodynamics in a very thin current sheet leading to magnetic reconnection

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-523

  Singh, N ^a,b   Deverapalli, C ^b   Khazanov, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33748997064     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-509-2006     Document Type: Article

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