A saddle-node bifurcation model of magnetic reconnection onset

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Cassak, P A ^a   Shay, M A ^b   Drake, J F ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; COLLISIONLESS; DYNAMICAL MODEL; ELECTRON INERTIA; FAST TRANSITION; HALL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; SADDLE NODE BIFURCATION; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TWO-FLUID;

ASTROPHYSICS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); GEOPHYSICS; GYRATORS; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77954122875     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3435269     Document Type: Article

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