Fast collisionless reconnection in electron-positron plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Bessho, Naoki ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POSITRONS;

DIVERGENCE; HALL CURRENT; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATION; PRESSURE TENSORS;

PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

EID: 34249869261     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2714020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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