Multi-scale MHD approach to the current sheet filamentation in solar coronal reconnection

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Barta M ^a,b   Buchner J ^a   Karlicky M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Magnetic reconnection; Numerical MHD; Solar flares

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA THEORY;

BLOCK STRUCTURED; CONTINUING CURRENT; INTERMEDIATE SCALE DYNAMICS; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; SOLAR FLARE;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 71649097117     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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