Open AccessSecondary Magnetic Islands Generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Reconnecting Current Sheet
Author(s) -
R. L. Fermo,
J. F. Drake,
M. Swisdak
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.108.255005
Subject(s) - magnetic reconnection , current sheet , physics , magnetic field , magnetopause , instability , vortex , electron , magnetic flux , vortex sheet , magnetohydrodynamics , condensed matter physics , mechanics , solar wind , vorticity , quantum mechanics