Collisionless reconnection: Mechanism of self-ignition in thin current sheets
arXiv:1004.3992 · doi:10.5194/angeo-28-1935-2010
Abstract
The spontaneous onset of magnetic reconnection in thin collisionless current sheets is shown to result from a thermal-anisotropy driven magnetic Weibel-mode, generating seed-magnetic field {\sf X}-points in the centre of the current layer.
8 pages, 6 figures, prepared for Annales Geophysicae