Collisionless magnetic reconnection in the presence of a guide field

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4102-4114

  Ricci, Paolo ^a   Brackbill, J U ^b   Daughton, W ^b   Lapenta, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDE FIELDS; HARRIS CURRENT SHEETS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC);

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PRESSURE CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; TENSORS; WAVE EFFECTS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 4344644664     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1768552     Document Type: Article

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