Formation of secondary islands during magnetic reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Drake, J F ^a,d   Swisdak, M ^b   Schoeffler, K M ^a,d   Rogers, B N ^c   Kobayashi, S ^c  

^a The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MAGNETIC FLUX;

ELECTRON CURRENT LAYERS; FULL PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; MAGNETOPAUSE; SECONDARY MAGNETIC ISLANDS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ELECTRON; ISLAND; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 33749517470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025957     Document Type: Article

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