Catastrophic onset of fast magnetic reconnection with a guide field

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Cassak, P A ^a,b   Drake, J F ^a   Shay, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION REGION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SWEET PARKER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 34249864400     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2734948     Document Type: Article

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