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First Resolved Observations of the Demagnetized Electron-Diffusion Region of an Astrophysical Magnetic-Reconnection Site

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Influence of the Lower-Hybrid Drift Instability on Magnetic Reconnection in Asymmetric Configurations

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Reduced magnetohydrodynamic theory of oblique plasmoid instabilities

(2012) S. D. Baalrud et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

A current filamentation mechanism for breaking magnetic field lines during reconnection

(2011) H. Che et al.   NATURE

Role of electron physics in the development of turbulent magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas

(2011) W. Daughton et al.   Nature Physics

Phase diagram for magnetic reconnection in heliophysical, astrophysical, and laboratory plasmas

(2011) Hantao Ji et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

THE DEPENDENCE OF MAGNETIC RECONNECTION ON PLASMA β AND MAGNETIC SHEAR: EVIDENCE FROM SOLAR WIND OBSERVATIONS

(2010) T. D. Phan et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

“Illuminating” electron diffusion regions of collisionless magnetic reconnection using electron agyrotropy

(2008) Jack Scudder et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Particle-in-cell simulation of collisionless reconnection with open outflow boundaries

(2008) Alex Klimas et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS