Laboratory Observation of Localized Onset of Magnetic Reconnection

Laboratory Observation of Localized Onset of Magnetic Reconnection

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasmas that results in the often explosive release of stored magnetic energy, but the trigger for its onset is not well understood. We explore this trigger for fast reconnection in toroidal experiments using a magnetic x-type geometry in the strong...

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Main Authors: Katz, Noam Karasov (Contributor), Egedal-Pedersen, Jan (Contributor), Fox, William R. (Contributor), Le, Ari Yitzchak (Contributor), Bonde, Jeffrey D. (Contributor), Vrublevskis, Arturs (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-01-14T17:00:12Z.
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