  The fast rates of magnetic reconnection found in both nature and experiments
are important to understand theoretically. Recently, it was demonstrated that
two-fluid magnetic reconnection remains fast in the strong guide field regime,
regardless of the presence of fast-dispersive waves. This conclusion is in
agreement with recent results from kinetic simulations, and is in contradiction
to the findings in an earlier two-fluid study, where it was suggested that
fast-dispersive waves are necessary for fast reconnection. In this paper, we
give a more detailed derivation of the analytic model presented in a recent
letter, and present additional simulation results to support the conclusions
that the magnetic reconnection rate in this regime is independent of both
collisional dissipation and system-size. In particular, we present a detailed
comparison between fluid and kinetic simulations, finding good agreement in
both the reconnection rate and overall length of the current layer. Finally, we
revisit the earlier two-fluid study, which arrived at different conclusions,
and suggest an alternative interpretation for the numerical results presented
therein.
