Adiabatic plasma equilibrium and application to a reconnection problem

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Zaharia, Sorin ^a   Birn, J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FLUX;

ADIABATIC PLASMA EQUILIBRIUM; FORCED MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC FLUX TUBES; PLASMA ENTROPY;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 34547599134     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2744367     Document Type: Article

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