EXPERIMENTS ON MAGNETIC-FIELD-LINE RECONNECTION

被引:65
作者
STENZEL, RL [1 ]
GEKELMAN, W [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT PHYS,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1055
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
In a very large laboratory plasma the process of magnetic-field-line reconnection has been diagnosed carefully. The temporal evolution of a narrow (∼3cωpe) neutral layer with Petschek slow shocks is observed. Electrostatic fields are found to be as important as induced electric fields. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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