Published 1983 | Version v1
Book

Explosive disruption of the current sheet

Creators

  • 1. Institute for General Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

Description

This is a summary of the experimental study of nonlinear phenomena resulting from the formation of the current sheet and its subsequent disruption. The latter process begins with a local increase in the magnetic reconnection velocity and leads to significant changes in the magnetic configuration and a redistribution of the current density and plasma density. The current sheet disruption is connected with the rise of plasma turbulence and anomalous resistance

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Harwood Academic Pub.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (USA)
Imprint Title
Nonlinear and turbulent processes in physics. Volume 1. Nonlinear effects in plasma physics, astrophysics and elementary particle theory
Journal Page Range
p. 201-212.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17080093
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EXPLOSIVE INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PLASMA DENSITY; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TURBULENCE
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; INSTABILITY; PLASMA INSTABILITY