caa a22 4500 386368309 CHVBK 20180307111944.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022377800014355 doi S0022377800014355 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022377800014355 Turbulent excitation of spontaneous reconnection [Elektronische Daten] We explore the long-term nonlinear evolution of a tearing-mode-unstable sheared-field plasma in a turbulent environment. Two different physical configurations are modeled, and a different computational system is used for each. Results of both sets of calculations show that magnetic tearing arises spontaneously provided that the initial turbulence energy level is below the natural saturation level of the tearing instability. We discuss briefly the relationship between our results and those of previous calculations, concluding that there are no significant unexplainable disagreements. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Deeds D. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717, U.S.A. Van Hoven G. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717, U.S.A. Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 42/2(1989-10), 269-290 0022-3778 42:2<269 1989 42 PLA https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377800014355 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377800014355 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deeds D. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Hoven G. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 42/2(1989-10), 269-290 0022-3778 42:2<269 1989 42 PLA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge