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Title: Extended theory of the Taylor problem in the plasmoid-unstable regime

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  1. Dipartimento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy and Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi - CNR, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy
  2. Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1203, USA
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1228265
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Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Volume: 22 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Comisso, L., Grasso, D., and Waelbroeck, F. L. Extended theory of the Taylor problem in the plasmoid-unstable regime. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918331.
Comisso, L., Grasso, D., & Waelbroeck, F. L. Extended theory of the Taylor problem in the plasmoid-unstable regime. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918331
Comisso, L., Grasso, D., and Waelbroeck, F. L. Mon . "Extended theory of the Taylor problem in the plasmoid-unstable regime". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918331.
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