Debye-length scaled structure of perpendicular electric field in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Huang, J ^a,b   Ma, Z W ^a   Li, D ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SIMULATION;

COLLISIONLESS MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; CURRENT SHEETS; DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSES; DEBYE LENGTHS; DENSITY PROFILES; ELECTRON CURRENTS; ELECTRON FLOWS; HIGH DENSITIES; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; LENGTH SCALING; LOW DENSITY REGIONS; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; OUT-FLOWS; PARTICLE IN CELLS; PERPENDICULAR ELECTRIC FIELDS; QUADRUPOLE;

ELECTRONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 58049085679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033751     Document Type: Article

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