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astro-ph.HE2017★ 86 cited
Plasmoid Instability in Forming Current Sheets
Luca Comisso, Manasvi Lingam, Yi-Min Huang +1
The plasmoid instability has revolutionized our understanding of magnetic reconnection in astrophysical environments. By preventing the formation of highly elongated reconnection l…
physics.plasm-ph2017★ 91 cited
Plasmoid Instability in Evolving Current Sheets and Onset of Fast Reconnection
Yi-Min Huang, Luca Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee
The scaling of plasmoid instability maximum linear growth rate with respect to Lundquist number in a Sweet-Parker current sheet, , indicates that at high $…