Fast reconnection of magnetic fields in a plasma

DOI10.1063/1.864378zbMATH Open0523.76111OpenAlexW2081376573MaRDI QIDQ3674320FDOQ3674320

Authors: 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 surfaceslow time scalereconnection processAlfven time scalefinal equilibriuminitial equilibriumslab of incompressible plasmasmall resistivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cited In (1)

• 2-D, nonlinear spectral simulation of reconnective transitions on a periodic, planar current sheet with (1) smooth and (2) corrugated conducting wall boundary conditions with flow

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