Entropy conservation in simulations of magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Birn, J ^a   Hesse, M ^b   Schindler, K ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARRIS-TYPE CURRENT SHEET; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; OHMIC DISSIPATION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33749328591     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2349440     Document Type: Article

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