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Liu & Hu 1988

Liu, Z.X. and Hu, Y.D. (1988). Local magnetic reconnection caused by vortices in the flow field. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL00154. issn: 0094-8276.

We suggest that local magnetic field reconnection can be caused by vortices in the flow field. The vortex-induced reconnection may be an important mechanism of local reconnection in space plasma. MHD simulation is used to investigate the nonlinear evolution of vortex reconnection. We discuss the basic properties of this reconnection model and its application to the magnetosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Numerical simulation studies

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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