Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection

Ohia, O.; Egedal, J.; Lukin, V. S.; Daughton, W.; Le, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004

Title: Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection

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Authors:: Ohia, O.; Egedal, J.; Lukin, V. S.; Daughton, W.; Le, A.

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103312

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Ohia, O., Egedal, J., Lukin, V. S., Daughton, W., and Le, A. Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Ohia, O., Egedal, J., Lukin, V. S., Daughton, W., & Le, A. Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004

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                    Ohia, O., Egedal, J., Lukin, V. S., Daughton, W., and Le, A. Thu .  
"Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004.

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  title        = {Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection},

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