Kinetic Vlasov simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Schmitz, H ^a   Grauer, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA THEORY;

ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ELECTRON PRESSURE TENSOR; NUMERICAL NOISE; PARTICLE IN CELL (PIC);

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33749403166     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2347101     Document Type: Article

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