The impact of small-scale turbulence on laminar magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Watson, P G ^a   Oughton, S ^b   Craig, I J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TURBULENT FLOW;

LAMINAR RECONNECTIVE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; TURBULENT PERTURBATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34047169332     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2458595     Document Type: Article

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