Coupling between reconnection and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in collisionless plasmas
In a collisionless plasma, when reconnection instability takes place, strong shear flows may develop. Under appropriate conditions these shear flows become unstable to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Here, we investigate the coupling between these instabilities in the framework of a four-field mod...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/241/2009/npg-16-241-2009.pdf |