{"paper":{"title":"Hall magnetohydrodynamic reconnection in the plasmoid unstable regime","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","authors_text":"A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski, S. D. Baalrud, Y.-M. Huang","submitted_at":"2011-08-16T00:57:10Z","abstract_excerpt":"A set of reduced Hall magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are used to evaluate the stability of large aspect ratio current sheets to the formation of plasmoids (secondary islands). Reconnection is driven by resistivity in this analysis, which occurs at the resistive skin depth $d_\\eta \\equiv S_L^{-1/2} \\sqrt{L v_A/\\gamma}$, where $S_L$ is the Lundquist number, $L$ the length of the current sheet, $v_A$ the Alfv\\'{e}n speed, and $\\gamma$ the growth rate. Modifications to a recent resistive MHD analysis [N.\\ F.\\ Loureiro, A.\\ A.\\ Schekochihin, and S.\\ C. Cowley, Phys.\\ Plasmas {\\bf 14}, 100703 ("},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1108.3129","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}