Dynamic non-null magnetic reconnection in three dimensions. I. Particular solutions

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2074, 2006, Pages 2877-2895

  Wilmot Smith, Antonia ^a   Hornig, Gunnar ^a,b   Priest, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750357427     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1697     Document Type: Article

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