Hall magnetohydrodynamic reconnection in the plasmoid unstable regime

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Baalrud, S D ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Huang, Y M ^a   Germaschewski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SHEETS; HALL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; HALL MHD; ION SKIN DEPTH; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; LOUREIRO; LUNDQUIST NUMBER; PLASMOIDS; SECONDARY ISLANDS; SKIN DEPTH;

ASPECT RATIO; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 80053485628     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3633473     Document Type: Article

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