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Hesse & Winske 1993
Hesse, M. and Winske, D. (1993). Hybrid simulations of collisionless ion tearing. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL01250. issn: 0094-8276.

Ion tearing in a thin collisionless neutral sheet is investigated using hybrid (particle ion, massless fluid electron) simulations in which dissipation effects are included through a model of the full electron pressure tensor in which self-consistently generated anisotropies are reduced via an isotropization time factor. The linear growth rates and ion dynamics are in qualitative agreement with linear theory and one-component simulations. The reconnection rate increases with the isotropization time. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms, Space Plasma Physics, Numerical simulation studies
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