Vlasov simulations of electron holes driven by particle distributions from PIC reconnection simulations with a guide field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Goldman, Martin V ^a   Newman, David L ^a   Pritchett, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMAS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTRON HOLES; ELECTRON IONS; ELECTRON-ION INTERACTIONS; GUIDE FIELDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE SPACES; PIC SIMULATIONS; SECOND-GENERATIONS; SEPARATRIX; TWO-STREAM INSTABILITIES; VLASOV SIMULATIONS; X POINTS;

ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE MOTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 60149097242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035608     Document Type: Article

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