Reconnection rate for the steady-state Petschek model
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v2 Space Physics
Abstract
Reconnection rate is found for the canonical simplest case of steady-state two-dimensional symmetric reconnection in an incompressible plasma by matching of outer Petschek solution and internal diffusion region solution. The reconnection rate obtained naturally incorporates both Sweet-Parker and Petschek regimes, the latter seems to be possible only for the case with strongly localized resistivity.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9909003,
title = {Reconnection rate for the steady-state Petschek model},
author = {Nikolai V. Erkaev and Vladimir S. Semenov and Ferdinand Jamitzky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9909003},
year = {2007}
}
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