Turbulence driven magnetic reconnection causing long-wavelength magnetic islands

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ishizawa, A ^a   Nakajima, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL THEORY; CURRENT SHEETS; FLUID EQUATIONS; LARMOR RADII; LONG WAVELENGTH; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETIC ISLAND FORMATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETICALLY CONFINED PLASMAS; NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODES; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLASMA PRESSURES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SYSTEM SIZE;

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; TURBULENCE;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 77955787609     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3463435     Document Type: Article

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