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Nature Physics 2, 445 - 446 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys353
Subject Categories: Plasma physics | Astrophysics
Magnetic Reconnection: Null point
John M. Finn1
- John M. Finn is in the Theoretical Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. e-mail: finn@lanl.gov
Abstract
The reordering of field lines during magnetic reconnection plays an important part in many astrophysical and terrestrial plasma phenomena. Satellite measurements of a so-called null point during magnetic reconnection should help refine theoretical models of this process.
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