Out-of-plane current in a plasma undergoing three different types of magnetic reconnection. The results in the middle panel indicate that local dynamics controls the onset of fast magnetic reconnection.
From the article:
Onset of Fast Magnetic ReconnectionP. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, and B. Eckhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215001 (2007)
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