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19942005
most citedComplex rotation with internal dissipation. Applications to cosmic-dust alignment and to wobbling comets and asteroids

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astro-ph1998

Resonance Paramagnetic Relaxation and Alignment of Ultrasmall Grains

Lazarian A

This paper gives a short summary of a mechanism of the enhanced paramagnetic relaxation that acts on rapidly rotating interstellar grains. We show that the Barnett magnetization th…

astro-ph1998

Reconnection via the Tearing Instability

A. Lazarian, Ethan T. Vishniac

We discuss the role of tearing instabilities in magnetic reconnection. In three dimensions this instability leads to the formation of strong Alfvenic waves that remove plasma effic…