Dissipation in turbulent plasma due to reconnection in thin current sheets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Sundkvist, David ^a   Retinò, Alessandro ^b   Vaivads, Andris ^b   Bale, Stuart D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

CURRENT SHEETS; MICROPHYSICAL SIGNATURES; TURBULENT PLASMA;

PLASMA TURBULENCE;

EID: 34547235097     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.025004     Document Type: Article

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