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Plasma Dynamics Inside the Current Sheet

S. Yu. Bogdanov, G. V. Dreĭden, А. G. Frank, N P Kirei, A. Z. Khodzhaev, I. I. Komissarova, V. S. Markov, G. V. Ostrovskaya, Yu. I. Ostrovsky, V. Philippov,

Physica Scripta · 1984 · 14 citations · 0 references

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Natural SciencesPhysicsElectromagnetismPlasma PhysicsHolographyMagnetized PlasmaMagnetohydrodynamicsPlasma DiagnosticsPlasma TransportPlasma WavesCurrent Sheet DynamicsDoppler BroadeningDoppler Broadening AnalysisDoppler Broadening EffectsHolographic InterferometryPlasma Sheet DynamicsPlasma Sheet Physics

Abstract

Plasma dynamics is investigated by the five-frames holographic interferometry and the Doppler broadening of spectral lines. The explosive stage of magnetic reconnection is accompanied by plasma sheet destruction and the appearance of high velocity plasma flows.