Model of two-fluid reconnection

Abstract

A theoretical model of quasi-stationary, two-dimensional magnetic reconnection is presented in the framework of incompressible two-fluid magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The results are compared with recent numerical simulations and experiment.

4 pages, 1 figure, accepted to Physical Review Letters

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