Fast reconnection of magnetic fields in a plasma

DOI10.1063/1.864378zbMath0523.76111OpenAlexW2081376573MaRDI QIDQ3674320

Pung Nien Hu

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864378

zbMATH Keywords

boundary conditionsresonant surfaceinitial equilibriumslow time scalereconnection processAlfven time scalefinal equilibriumslab of incompressible plasmasmall resistivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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