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Nonlinear Resistivity for Magnetohydrodynamical Models
Manasvi Lingam, Eero Hirvijoki, David Pfefferlé +2
A new formulation of the plasma resistivity that arises from the collisional momentum-transfer rate between electrons and ions is presented. The resistivity computed herein is show…
On the Value of the Reconnection Rate
Luca Comisso, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Numerical simulations have consistently shown that the reconnection rate in certain collisionless regimes can be fast, on the order of , where and are the…
General Theory of the Plasmoid Instability
L. Comisso, M. Lingam, Y. -M. Huang +1
A general theory of the onset and development of the plasmoid instability is formulated by means of a principle of least time. The scaling relations for the final aspect ratio, tra…
Fluid moments of the Landau collision operator
Eero Hirvijoki, Manasvi Lingam, David Pfefferlé +3
One important problem in plasma physics is the lack of an accurate and complete description of Coulomb collisions in associated fluid models. To shed light on the problem, this Let…