Role of electron physics in the development of turbulent magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 539-542

  Daughton, W ^a   Roytershteyn, V ^a   Karimabadi, H ^b   Yin, L ^a   Albright, B J ^a   Bergen, B ^a   Bowers, K J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; ROPE;

ASTROPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRON CURRENTS; ELECTRON KINETICS; KINETIC SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; TURBULENT MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 79959937824     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1965     Document Type: Article

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