2009/04/30 by Leonid Malyshkin, Leonid M. Malyshkin · 14 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Compressibility #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic reconnection #Magnetohydrodynamics #Mechanics #Nuclear physics #Physics #Plasma #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Statistical physics #Two-fluid model #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.235004
published in Physical Review Letters 103(23), 235004 (American Physical Society) · 4 pages, 1 figure, accepted to Physical Review Letters
arxiv created 2009/11/21 · openalex publication_date 2009/12/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A theoretical model of quasistationary, two-dimensional magnetic reconnection is presented in the framework of incompressible two-fluid magnetohydrodynamics. The results are compared with recent numerical simulations and experiment.