Collisionless magnetic reconnection in a plasmoid chain
The kinetic features of plasmoid chain formation and evolution are investigated by two dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations. Magnetic reconnection is initiated in multiple <i>X</i> points by the tearing instability. Plasmoids form and grow in size by continuously coal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/19/145/2012/npg-19-145-2012.pdf |