Petschek reconnection with a nonlocalized resistivity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Baty, H ^a   Forbes, T G ^b   Priest, E R ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS;

ASYMMETRIC PROFILES; CURRENT SHEETS; DIFFUSION REGIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; HALF PLANES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; NON-LOCALIZED; SPATIAL DOMAINS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOWS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; X POINTS;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 59349092374     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3062833     Document Type: Article

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