Progress in understanding magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space astrophysical plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Yamada, Masaaki ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; NEUTRAL SHEET; SOLAR FLARES;

ASTROPHYSICS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCALING LAWS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 34249893627     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2740595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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