Measurement of the current sheet during magnetic reconnection in a toroidal plasma

N. A. Crocker; G. Fiksel; S. C. Prager; J. S. Sarff

Measurement of the current sheet during magnetic reconnection in a toroidal plasma

N. A. Crocker
, G. Fiksel
, S. C. Prager
, J. S. Sarff

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Abstract

The measurement of the current sheet and reconnecting magnetic field associated with spontaneous reconnection is reported. As such, the measurements are performed in the magnetically confined toroidal plasma configuration known as the reversed field pinch (RFP). Moreover, the RFP provides an experimental opportunity for basic studies of reconnection.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	035003
Pages (from-to)	035003/1-035003/4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	90
Issue number	3
State	Published - Jan 24 2003

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General Physics and Astronomy

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