Magnetic reconnection during collisionless, stressed, X-point collapse using particle-in-cell simulation

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Tsiklauri, D ^a   Haruki, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; STRESSES;

ELECTRON SKIN DEPTH; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SPATIAL COMPRESSION;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 36649004962     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2800854     Document Type: Article

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