Reconnection rate for the inhomogeneous resistivity petschek model

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Reconnection rate for the inhomogeneous resistivity petschek model. / Erkaev, Nikolai V.; Semenov, Vladimir S.; Jamitzky, Ferdinand.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, No. 7, 01.01.2000, p. 1455-1458.

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Erkaev, Nikolai V. ; Semenov, Vladimir S. ; Jamitzky, Ferdinand. / Reconnection rate for the inhomogeneous resistivity petschek model. In: Physical Review Letters. 2000 ; Vol. 84, No. 7. pp. 1455-1458.

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abstract = "The reconnection rate for the canonical simplest case of steady-state two-dimensional symmetric reconnection in an incompressible plasma is found by matching of an outer Petschek solution and an internal diffusion region solution. The reconnection rate obtained naturally incorporates both Sweet-Parker and Petschek regimes, while the latter is possible only for a strongly localized resistivity.",

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