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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.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)1455-1458
Число страниц4
ЖурналPhysical Review Letters
Том84
Номер выпуска7
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 янв 2000

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