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N A Crocker1, G Fiksel, S C Prager
1Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Abstract:
The current and magnetic-field fluctuations associated with magnetic-field-line reconnection have been measured in the reversed field pinch plasma configuration. The current sheet resulting from this reconnection has been measured. The current layer is radially broad, comparable to a magnetic-island width, as may be expected from current transport along magnetic-field lines. It is much larger than that predicted by resistive MHD for linear tearing modes and larger than prediction from two-fluid linear theory.
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