Magnetic reconnection driven by velocity space instabilities

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Oct 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 273, Oct. 15, 1983, p. L101-L106. USAF-supported re

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Collisionless Plasmas, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Space Plasmas, Anisotropy, Electron Distribution, Ion Distribution, Maxwell-Boltzmann Density Function

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Consideration is given to processes of magnetic reconnection that occur in collisionless regimes typical of space plasmas for the case of a magnetic field containing a neutral surface where the magnetic field vanishes. It is shown that a significant departure of the ion or electron distribution from the Maxwellian, such as represented by a slight temperature anisotropy, may produce a faster rate of reconnection than typical of spontaneous processes driven by the current density gradient associated with the magnetic field configuration in question.

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