Statistics of magnetic reconnection in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Servidio, S ^a,b   Matthaeus, W H ^a   Shay, M A ^a   Dmitruk, P ^c   Cassak, P A ^d   Wan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSES; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; MULTISCALES; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; SPACE PLASMAS; STATISTICAL FEATURES;

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 77950584137     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3368798     Document Type: Article

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