Modeling Plasma Current Sheets (IMAGE)

American Physical Society

Modeling Plasma Current Sheets

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Model of a current sheet of plasma with magnetic field lines that are ready to reconnect showing plasmoid instabilities in the center of the sheet.

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Courtesy of Yi-Min Huang.

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