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Inertia driven tearing modes in electron-positron plasmas

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It is shown that the particle inertia can cause a tearing instability in an electron-positron collisionless plasma with sheared magnetic fields. An approximate analytical expression for the growth rate is obtained. It characterizes the magnetic reconnection timescale in a magnetized electronpositron plasma.

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  1. S. Jammalamadaka

    Present address: Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr Universität Bochum, D-44780, Bochum, Germany

    P. K. Shukla & S. Jammalamadaka

  2. Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S-90187, Umeå, Sweden

    L. Stenflo

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Shukla, P.K., Jammalamadaka, S. & Stenflo, L. Inertia driven tearing modes in electron-positron plasmas. Astrophys Space Sci 240, 153–156 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00640202

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