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Volume 53 Supplement 6

Special Issue: Magnetic Reconnection in Space and Laboratory Plasmas

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Magnetic reconnection and relaxation phenomena in Spherical Tokamak

Earth, Planets and Space volume 53, pages 561–564 (2001)Cite this article

Abstract

Reconnection is a transient process in essence, and causality is a key point in dealing with reconnection. The driven concept came from this viewpoint. Computer simulation is a powerful tool to understand the overall processes in a self-consistent manner. One example of global scale nonlinear processes observed in laboratory plasmas, where the driven magnetic reconnection plays important roles, is described.

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  1. National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, 509-5292, Japan

    Takaya Hayashi, Naoki Mizuguchi & Tetsuya Sato

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Hayashi, T., Mizuguchi, N. & Sato, T. Magnetic reconnection and relaxation phenomena in Spherical Tokamak. Earth Planet Sp 53, 561–564 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03353270

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