2018•arXiv (Cornell University)Open access
On the Hall-mediated resistive tearing instability of highly elongated\n current sheets
G. Vekstein
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Abstract
The present paper provides comprehensive description of various regimes\ninvolved in the two-fluid model of the resistive tearing instability. These\ninclude two novel regimes of this instability, which correspond to the\nlong-wave modes that can develop in a highly-elongated current sheet. This\nissue is relevant to the study of fast magnetic reconnection and magnetic\nturbulence in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) objects with a large value of the\nLundquist number.\n
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