Driven Reconnection about a Magnetic X-Line with Strong Guide Component

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Ramos, J J ^a   Porcelli, F ^b   Verastegui R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ALFVEN FREQUENCY; COLLISIONLESS PLAMAS; ELECTRON COLLISION FREQUENCY; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SEMICOLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 3843137441     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.055002     Document Type: Article

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