Published April 16, 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Reconnecting modes in collisionless plasmas

  • 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Description

Processes involving magnetic-field reconnection in collisionless plasmas and relying on the effects of electron Landau resonance for their excitation are found to require the consideration of the self-consistent electric potentials and the systematic analysis of four consecutive asymptotic regions. The new effects found are relevant to both laboratory and space plasmas

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
16
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1058-1061
ISSN
0031-9007