Petschek-like reconnection with uniform resistivity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

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

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION REGION; GLOBAL FEATURE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; MODE EXPANSION; NONUNIFORM; PLASMA RESISTIVITY; QUASI-STEADY STATE; RECONNECTION RATE; TIME DEPENDENT; TWO-COMPONENT STRUCTURES;

VISCOSITY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 67650490806     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3155087     Document Type: Article

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