Karl W. Schindler

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Karl W. Schindler's Degrees

PhD Space Physics University of Alaska Fairbanks
Masters Space Physics University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bachelors Physics University of Alaska Fairbanks

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A theory of the substorm mechanism (1974) (543)
The Diffusion Region in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection (1999) (387)
General magnetic reconnection, parallel electric fields, and helicity (1988) (382)
A theoretical foundation of general magnetic reconnection (1988) (292)
Open and closed magnetospheric tail configurations and their stability (1975) (212)
A SELF-CONSISTENT THEORY OF THE TAIL OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE (1972) (183)
Self‐consistent theory of time‐dependent convection in the Earth's magnetotail (1982) (154)
Models of two‐dimensional embedded thin current sheets from Vlasov theory (2001) (110)
On the cause of thin current sheets in the near-Earth magnetotail and their possible significance for magnetospheric substorms (1993) (95)
Magnetic topology and the problem of its invariant definition (1996) (91)
MHD simulations of magnetotail dynamics (1996) (90)
Hybrid Modeling of the Formation of Thin Current Sheets in Magnetotail Configurations. (1996) (90)
Magnetotail plasma flow during substorms: A survey with Imp 6 and Imp 8 satellites (1979) (87)
A theory of the onset of solar eruptive processes (1978) (85)
Internal Structure of the Geomagnetic Neutral Sheet (1972) (82)
Self‐consistent theory of the quiet magnetotail in three dimensions (1977) (77)
Filamentary structure of a three‐dimensional plasmoid (1989) (76)
Forced magnetic reconnection (2005) (75)
Tearing stability of a multiscale magnetotail current sheet (2010) (75)
The role of entropy in magnetotail dynamics (2009) (74)
Self‐consistent theory of three‐dimensional convection in the geomagnetic tail (1983) (72)
Vortices in magnetospheric plasma flow (1978) (71)
Thin electron current sheets and their relation to auroral potentials (2004) (70)
Stability of Two-Dimensional Collision-Free Plasmas (1973) (69)
On the role of irregularities in plasma entry into the magnetosphere (1979) (67)
Electrostatic force microscopy on oriented graphite surfaces: coexistence of insulating and conducting behaviors. (2006) (64)
On the generation of field-aligned plasma flow at the boundary of the plasma sheet (1987) (64)
Thin current sheets in the magnetotail and the loss of equilibrium (2001) (60)
Onset of reconnection in the near magnetotail: PIC simulations (2014) (60)
Magnetic field-aligned electric potentials in nonideal plasma flows (1991) (60)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Quiescence (2006) (57)
On the cause of approximate pressure isotropy in the quiet near-earth plasma sheet (1985) (56)
Scaling of asymmetric reconnection in compressible plasmas (2010) (56)
Formation of thin current sheets in space plasmas (1998) (55)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity (2006) (53)
The onset of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail (2001) (52)
Quantitative study of the nonlinear formation and acceleration of plasmoids in the Earth's magnetotail (1990) (52)
Sample size effects on the transport characteristics of mesoscopic graphite samples (2008) (51)
MHD stability of magnetotail equilibria including a background pressure (2004) (50)
Transport properties and growth parameters of PdC and WC nanowires prepared in a dual-beam microscope (2007) (50)
Formation of thin current sheets in a quasistatic magnetotail model (1995) (49)
Particle simulation of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail configuration (1990) (49)
Plasma and fields in the magnetospheric tail (1975) (48)
On sheared magnetic field structures containing neutral points (1985) (45)
Phase transitions in gravitating systems and the formation of condensed objects (1995) (45)
Indications for intrinsic superconductivity in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (2007) (44)
Entropy conservation in simulations of magnetic reconnection (2006) (41)
Large-Scale Collision-Free Instability of Two-Dimensional Plasma Sheets (1982) (40)
Possible pitfalls in search of magnetic order in thin films deposited on single crystalline sapphire substrates (2007) (39)
STABILITY OF PLASMA SHEATHS. (1968) (36)
Computer modeling of magnetotail convection (1985) (36)
Laboratory experiments related to the solar wind and the magnetosphere (1969) (34)
Stability of two-dimensional pre-flare structures (1983) (32)
On the role of the ionosphere in substorms: Generation of field‐aligned currents (1978) (31)
Field‐aligned plasma flow in MHD simulations of magnetotail reconnection and the formation of boundary layers (1986) (31)
Sample-size effects in the magnetoresistance of graphite. (2007) (31)
Three-dimensional modeling of electron quasiviscous dissipation in guide-field magnetic reconnection (2005) (30)
Thin current sheets and loss of equilibrium: Three‐dimensional theory and simulations (2004) (29)
Theories of tail structures (1979) (28)
On the quasistatic development of thin current sheets in magnetotail‐like magnetic fields (2001) (28)
Kinetic Model of Electric Potentials in Localized Collisionless Plasma Structures under Steady Quasi-gyrotropic Conditions (2012) (25)
EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION OF THE GEOMAGNETIC TAIL. (1972) (24)
Formation of thin bifurcated current sheets by quasisteady compression (2008) (22)
Magnetotail dynamics under isobaric constraints (1994) (21)
Adiabatic Particle Orbits in Discontinuous Fields (1965) (21)
A self-consistent two-dimensional approach to magnetospheric structures (1973) (21)
Analysis of an extended period of earthward plasma sheet flow at ∼220 RE : CDAW 8 (1989) (21)
Particle simulations of collisionless reconnection in magnetotail configuration including electron dynamics (1996) (21)
On the topology of flux transfer events (1990) (20)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Sites of activity (2006) (20)
Hall-MHD modeling of near-Earth magnetotail current sheet thinning and evolution (1999) (19)
Formation of thin current sheets in the magnetotail: Effects of propagating boundary deformations (2003) (19)
Helmet Streamers with Triple Structures: Weakly Two-Dimensional Stationary States (1997) (18)
Bifurcation of current sheets in plasmas (1986) (18)
Quasi‐static theory of the Earth's magnetotail, including the far tail (1988) (17)
Numerical bifurcation study of a nonlinear current sheet model (1994) (17)
On the influence of an external electric field on magnetotail reconnection (1986) (16)
The Structure of the Earth's Bow Shock. (1972) (16)
Helmet Streamers with Triple Structures: Simulations of resistive dynamics (2000) (16)
Collisionless tearing modes in the presence of shear flow (1983) (15)
Analytical stability analysis for a two‐dimensional self‐consistent magnetotail model by use of statistical mechanics (1987) (15)
The effects of plasma sheet boundary flow and plasma mantle flow on the ion tearing instability (1988) (14)
Magnetotail dynamics: MHD simulations of driven and spontaneous dynamic changes (1994) (14)
Thin current sheets and magnetotail dynamics (1999) (14)
Magnetic islands in the quiet magnetotail (1980) (14)
Growth of highly oriented graphite films at room temperature by pulsed laser deposition using carbon–sulfur targets (2006) (14)
MHD stability of sheet equilibria relevant for quiescent prominences (1984) (14)
Models of Three-dimensional Flux Ropes (2003) (13)
Insulating behavior of magnetic spots in proton-bombarded graphite (2008) (13)
Nonlinear current sheet formation in ideal plasmas (1994) (12)
Magnetized Accreting Stars: Studies of the Inner Accretion-Disk Edge by a Magnetohydrodynamic Approach. II. Ideal Instabilities of the Inner Disk Edge (1999) (12)
Magnetotail Aurora Connection: The Role of Thin Current Sheets (2013) (12)
A nonlinear kinetic energy principle for two‐dimensional collision‐free plasmas (1983) (11)
Magnetotail theory (1986) (11)
Landau damping of long wavelength ion acoustic waves in a collision-free plasma with a gravity field (1969) (11)
On the role of entropy conservation and entropy loss governing substorm phases (2006) (11)
Reconnection and interchange instability in the near magnetotail (2015) (11)
A novel method for the determination of the flux-creep exponent from higher harmonic ac-susceptibility measurements (2005) (11)
On current sheets in two‐dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamics caused by pressure perturbations (1994) (11)
Two-ribbon flares - Magnetostatic equilibria (1981) (10)
Conditions for the formation of nongyrotropic current sheets in slowly evolving plasmas (2010) (10)
Similarities and differences between magnetospheric substorms and solar flares (1976) (10)
A variational principle for one-dimensional plasmas (1966) (10)
Tearing modes in the magnetopause current sheet (1983) (9)
A self-consistent two-dimensional resistive fluid theory of field-aligned potential structures including charge separation and magnetic and velocity shear (1990) (9)
Modeling of the Magnetospheric Response to the Dynamic Solar Wind (2007) (8)
Macroinstabilities of the Magnetotail (1979) (8)
What determines the latitudinal extent of the auroral acceleration region (1993) (8)
Neutral point detection by satellites (1974) (7)
Large amplitude electromagnetic waves in hot relativistic plasmas (1973) (7)
Role of magnetic reconnection in Venus ionopause activity (1995) (7)
Luet al.Reply (2007) (7)
A self-consistent approach to adiabatic neutral sheets (1974) (7)
Three-Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection: Basic Concepts (1991) (6)
Magnetospheric substorm models: Comparison with neutral sheet magnetic field observations (1981) (6)
Proton irradiation effects and magnetic order in carbon structures (2006) (6)
Tearing Instabilities in the Magnetosphere (1970) (6)
Structure of subcritical perpendicular shock waves (1988) (6)
Theory of magnetic reconnection in three dimensions (1997) (5)
A stationary fluid model of field‐aligned electric fields and closure of Birkeland currents (1995) (5)
Aspects of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection (1989) (5)
An energy principle for two-dimensional collisionless relativistic plasmas (1984) (5)
Reconnection in substorms (1991) (4)
On the existence of three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibria (1988) (4)
Three-dimensional HALL-MHD simulations of magnetopause reconnection (1997) (4)
Singular perturbation theory applied to magnetohydrostatic equilibria : Proof of convergence (1991) (3)
Magnetized Accreting Stars: Studies of the Inner Accretion Disk Edge by a Magnetohydrodynamical Approach. I. Construction and Analysis of Magnetopause Equilibria (1999) (3)
Tearing modes at the magnetopause (1996) (3)
Magnetic force microscopy studies on the magnetic ordering in organic materials induced by high-energy proton irradiation (2006) (3)
Large‐Scale Instabilities and Dynamics of the Magnetotail Plasma Sheet (2013) (3)
Correction [to “Self-Consistent theory of the quiet magnetotail in three dimensions”] (1977) (3)
Absolute instability of whistler waves (1971) (3)
Magnetic field merging in the solar wind (1972) (3)
DOWNSTREAM STATE OF COLLISIONLESS SHOCK WAVES. (1970) (3)
EFFECT OF ELECTRON ANISOTROPY ON WHISTLERS LEADING STRONG COLLISION-FREE SHOCKS. (1971) (2)
Magnetic field line reconnection in structurally unstable magnetic configurations (1996) (2)
Formation of thin current sheets in magnetospheres (1995) (2)
Active Plasmas Near Planets and Stars (1982) (2)
Cosmic plasma physics : proceedings of the Conference on Cosmic Plasma Physics held at the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), Frascati, Italy, September 20-24, 1971 (1972) (2)
Size Effects in the Magnetoresistance of Graphite: Absence of Magnetoresistance in Micrometer size Samples (2007) (2)
Relating thin current sheet formation and tail reconnection to substorm development (2002) (2)
Magnetism in Carbon: Writing Magnetic Structures with a Proton Micro-Beam on Graphite Surfaces (2006) (2)
The Problem of Magnetic Topology and Reconnection in Relativistic Systems (1996) (2)
Formation of Thin Current Sheets and Other Recent Developments in Magnetospheric Activity (1998) (2)
Aspects of magnetospheric activity and parallel electric fields (1994) (2)
Flux transfer events: Reconnection without separators (1989) (1)
Lyapunov's stability of nonlinear cold plasma waves in the high-frequency limit (1987) (1)
Magnetotail reconnection, MHD theory and simulations (1989) (1)
Notes on fast magnetic compression of plasmas (1959) (1)
Comment on: Eelectrostatic force microscopy on oriented graphite surfaces : Coexistence of insulating and conducting behaviors. Authors' reply (2007) (1)
Equilibrium theory for Saturn's ring with self-gravitation and finite thickness (1984) (1)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Selected macroinstabilities (2006) (0)
Ideal MHD stability analysis of two-dimensional exact magnetotail equilibria. (1997) (0)
A unified theory of steady states (2006) (0)
Formation of nongyrotropic current sheets in the magnetotail during substorm growth phases and their possible role in magnetospheric/auroral connection (2010) (0)
Particle acceleration from reconnection in the geomagnetic tail (1997) (0)
Entropy conservation in dynamic plasma simulations (2006) (0)
Symbols and fundamental constants (2006) (0)
CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION EXPERIMENTS (1962) (0)
Book reviews (1976) (0)
Dynamic Formation of Thin Current Sheets in the Magnetotail (2002) (0)
Large‐Scale Plasma Processes in the Solar System (2013) (0)
Models of solar activity (2006) (0)
Unified theory: details and derivations (2006) (0)
Book review (1991) (0)
The Dissipation Mechanism in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection (2006) (0)
Diffusion in Turbulent Magnetoactive Plasmas (1992) (0)
Cosmic Plasma Physics (2012) (0)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Magnetospheric activity (2006) (0)
Neutral point detection by satellites. [magnetospheric neutral sheets (1974) (0)
Quasi-static evolution and the formation of thin current sheets (2006) (0)
The Equilibrium Structure of the Boundary Layer between the Magnetosphere and the Accretion Disk of an Aligned Rotator (1996) (0)
Instability of self-gravitating magnetized gaseous sheets. (1993) (0)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Variational principle for collisionless plasmas (2006) (0)
Book reviews (1982) (0)
INTER-PLANETARY AND MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA. (1969) (0)
Flux transfer events: Reconnection without separators. [magnetopause] (1989) (0)
The War Poems: An Intermedia Composition for Chamber Orchestra and Chorus (1997) (0)
Role of Entropy in Magnetotail Stability and Transport (2011) (0)
One-Dimensional Fields and Adiabatic Invariance (2012) (0)
Modeling of the Quasi‐Steady Magnetotail (2013) (0)
Kinematics of Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions (2013) (0)
Book reviews (1988) (0)
Magnetized Accreting Stars: Studies of the Inner Accretion-disk Edge by an Mhd-approach 1) Construction and Analysis of Magnetopause Equilibria (2007) (0)
Correction to “Hall‐MHD modeling of near‐Earth magnetotail current sheet thinning and evolution” by L. Rastätter et al. (2000) (0)
Correction to “A theoretical foundation of general magnetic reconnection” (1989) (0)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Particle picture of steady states (2006) (0)
Physics of Space Plasma Activity: Magnetohydrostatic states (2006) (0)
Magnetic reconnection in general three-dimensional systems (1988) (0)
Iron And Steel Constructional Work: A Concise Handbook With Examples For Practical Application (2015) (0)
Aspects of bifurcation and nonlinear dynamics (2006) (0)
Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in the Presence of Moderate Guide Fields (2005) (0)
Onset and Cessation of Magnetic Reconnection: Missing Links of Substorm Evolution (2007) (0)
On the onset of collisionless tearing in the magnetotail (2014) (0)
The Existence and Stability Properties of quasi equilibrium Configurations relevant for the Onset of Solar Eruptive Processes (1978) (0)
STOCHASTIC FORCES ON PARTICLES IN PLASMAS WITH ION-ACOUSTIC INSTABILITY (1992) (0)
Helmet Streamers With Triple Structures: Stationary States And Dynamics (1999) (0)
Modeling the Quasi-Steady (2005) (0)
Linear and nonlinear dynamics of self-gravitating magnetized plasmas. (1994) (0)

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Ruhr University Bochum