Three-dimensional dynamics of collisionless magnetic reconnection in Large-Scale pair plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Yin, L ^a   Daughton, W ^a   Karimabadi, H ^b   Albright, B J ^a   Bowers, Kevin J ^a,c   Margulies, J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMA STABILITY; ROPE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLISIONLESS MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT LAYERS; DIFFUSION REGIONS; ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMAS; GUIDE FIELD; KINK MODES; LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS; PAIR PLASMAS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; RECONNECTION RATE; SECONDARY INSTABILITIES; SELF ORGANIZING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

PLASMAS;

EID: 50249118874     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.125001     Document Type: Article

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