Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in astrophysical plasmas -- kinetic approach

DOI10.1023/A:1002451401635zbMath0968.76098MaRDI QIDQ1574485

N. Delaunay

Publication date: 18 September 2001

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

antiparallel magnetic fields; collisionless astrophysical plasmas; dynamics of reconnections; kinematic fluid theory; kinetic reconnections; three-dimensional magnetic reconnection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76W05: Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics

85A30: Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics

76X05: Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow