Is the "out-of-plane" magnetic perturbation always a quadrupole in the Hall-mediated magnetic reconnection?

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Bian, N H ^a   Vekstein, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 37549014494     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2820904     Document Type: Article

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