Reconnection Rate for the Inhomogeneous Resistivity Petschek Model
- 14 February 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (7) , 1455-1458
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.1455
Abstract
The reconnection rate for the canonical simplest case of steady-state two-dimensional symmetric reconnection in an incompressible plasma is found by matching of an outer Petschek solution and an internal diffusion region solution. The reconnection rate obtained naturally incorporates both Sweet-Parker and Petschek regimes, while the latter is possible only for a strongly localized resistivity.Keywords
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