دورية أكاديمية
Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point
| العنوان: | Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point |
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| المؤلفون: | Galsgaard, K., Pontin, D. I. |
| المصدر: | Galsgaard , K & Pontin , D I 2011 , ' Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point ' , Astronomy and Astrophysics , vol. 529 , A20 , pp. - . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014359Test |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | Discovery - University of Dundee Online Publications |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Magnetic reconnection, Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Methods: numerical, Sun: corona, Magnetic fields, Kinematic reconnection, Solar photosphere, Wave propagation, Aligned current, Dimensions, Fields, Corona, Fan, Spine |
| الوصف: | Aims. We systematically stress a rotationally symmetric 3D magnetic null point by advecting the opposite footpoints of the spine axis in opposite directions. This stress eventually concentrates in the vicinity of the null point, thereby forming a local current sheet through which magnetic reconnection takes place. The aim is to look for a steady state evolution of the current sheet dynamics, which may provide scaling relations for various characteristic parameters of the system. Methods. The evolution is followed by solving numerically the non-ideal MHD equations in a Cartesian domain. The null point is embedded in an initially constant density and temperature plasma. Results. It is shown that a quasi-steady reconnection process can be set up at a 3D null by continuous shear driving. It appears that a true steady state is unlikely to be realised because the current layer tends to grow until it is restricted by the geometry of the computational domain and the imposed driving profile. However, ratios between characteristic quantities clearly settle after some time to stable values, so that the evolution is quasi-steady. The experiments show a number of scaling relations, but they do not provide a clear consensus for extending to lower magnetic resistivity or faster driving velocities. More investigations are needed to fully clarify the properties of current sheets at magnetic null points. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/7a995ced-4b49-48d6-8242-0c16198ecf7bTest |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201014359 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014359Test https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/7a995ced-4b49-48d6-8242-0c16198ecf7bTest |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.710AC2C7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201014359 |
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