Formation of plasmoid chains in magnetic reconnection

R. Samtaney; N. F. Loureiro; D. A. Uzdensky; A. A. Schekochihin; S. C. Cowley

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.105004

Formation of plasmoid chains in magnetic reconnection

R. Samtaney^*, N. F. Loureiro, D. A. Uzdensky, A. A. Schekochihin, S. C. Cowley

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A detailed numerical study of magnetic reconnection in resistive MHD for very large, previously inaccessible, Lundquist numbers (104≤Sa≤108) is reported. Large-aspect-ratio Sweet-Parker current sheets are shown to be unstable to super-AlfvÃ

Original language	English (US)
Article number	105004
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.105004
State	Published - Sep 4 2009
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