Roles of ion and electron dynamics in the onset of magnetic reconnection due to current sheet instabilities

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Moritaka, Toseo ^a   Horiuchi, Ritoku ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

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EID: 54749086368     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2979316     Document Type: Article

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