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Smith et al. 2004

Smith, D., Ghosh, S., Dmitruk, P. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2004). Hall and Turbulence Effects on Magnetic Reconnection. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2003GL018689. issn: 0094-8276.

We examine the influence of Hall effect and MHD turbulence on the reconnection rate of a large scale periodic sheet pinch in 2.5 dimensional compressible Hall MHD. Simulations indicate that the reconnection rate is enhanced both by increasing Hall parameter and by increasing turbulence amplitude.

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Space Plasma Physics, Kinetic and MHD theory, Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection, Space Plasma Physics, Turbulence

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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