Collisionless magnetic reconnection in large-scale electron-positron plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Daughton, William ^a   Karimabadi, Homa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; LARGE SCALE ELECTRON POSITRON PLASMAS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PLASMOID GENERATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRONS;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 34547572712     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749494     Document Type: Article

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