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Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law

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Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law. / Joglekar, A. S.; Thomas, A. G. R.; Fox, W. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 112, No. 10, 105004, 14.03.2014.

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Joglekar, AS, Thomas, AGR, Fox, W & Bhattacharjee, A 2014, 'Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law', Physical review letters, vol. 112, no. 10, 105004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.105004

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Joglekar, A. S., Thomas, A. G. R., Fox, W., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2014). Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law. Physical review letters, 112(10), Article 105004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.105004

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Joglekar AS, Thomas AGR, Fox W, Bhattacharjee A. Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law. Physical review letters. 2014 Mar 14;112(10):105004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.105004

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Joglekar, A. S. ; Thomas, A. G. R. ; Fox, W. et al. / Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law. In: Physical review letters. 2014 ; Vol. 112, No. 10.

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