Influence of the lower hybrid drift instability on the onset of magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4489-4500

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

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION DEVICES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS;

ALGORITHMS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REACTION KINETICS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 4944244977     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1778744     Document Type: Article

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