Study of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1936-1944

  Yamada, Masaaki ^a   ji, Hantao ^a   Hsu, Scott ^a   Carter, Troy ^a   Kulsrud, Russell ^a   Bretz, Norton ^a   Jobes, Forrest ^a   Ono, Yasushi ^a   Perkins, Francis ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; PLASMA SHEET; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024781289     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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