Fast magnetic reconnection in low-density electron-positron plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Bessho, Naoki ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND DENSITY; COLLISIONLESS; CURRENT LAYERS; DENSITY REGIME; DIFFUSION REGION; ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA; GUIDE MAGNETIC FIELD; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-DENSITY; LATE STAGE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; OHM'S LAW; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; RECONNECTION RATE; SECONDARY ISLANDS; TIME DERIVATIVE;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRONS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 78149266266     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3488963     Document Type: Article

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