Reduced magnetohydrodynamic theory of oblique plasmoid instabilities

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; CURRENT SHEETS; FIXED ANGLES; GUIDE FIELD; HARRIS EQUILIBRIUM; LUNDQUIST NUMBER; PLASMOIDS; POLOIDAL FIELD; REDUCED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RESONANT SURFACES; WAVE NUMBERS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84863272876     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3678211     Document Type: Article

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