Localization, the clue to fast magnetic reconnection

Authors
Biskamp, D Schwarz, E
Citation
D. Biskamp et E. Schwarz, Localization, the clue to fast magnetic reconnection, PHYS PLASMA, 8(11), 2001, pp. 4729-4731
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
ISSN journal
1070664X → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4729 - 4731
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(200111)8:11<4729:LTCTFM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The effect of localization of the resistivity is studied in the coalescence of two magnetic flux bundles. The reconnection process is consistent with the Petschek configuration, and the reconnection rate E depends only weakly on the value eta (0) of the resistivity at the X-point, E proportional to1 /\log eta (0)\. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.