Exact solutions for steady-state, planar, magnetic reconnection in an incompressible viscous plasma

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dc.contributor.authorFabling, R.B.
dc.contributor.authorCraig, Ian J.D.
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-04T20:15:28Z
dc.date.available2008-11-04T20:15:28Z
dc.date.issued1996-06
dc.description.abstractThe exact planar reconnection analysis of Craig and Henton [Astrophys. J. 450, 280 (1995)] is extended to include the finite viscosity of the fluid and the presence of nonplanar components in the magnetic and velocity fields. It is shown that fast reconnection can be achieved for sufficiently small values of the kinematic viscosity. In particular, the dissipation rate is sustained by the strong amplification of planar magnetic field components advected toward the neutral point. By contrast, nonplanar field components are advected without amplification and so dissipate energy at the slow Sweet–Parker rate.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationFabling, R.B. & Craig, I.J. (1996). Exact solutions for steady-state, planar, magnetic reconnection in an incompressible viscous plasma. Physics of Plasmas, 3, 2243 .en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1063/1.871932en_US
dc.identifier.issn1070-664X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/1273
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicsen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfPhysics of Plasmasen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/3/2243/1en_US
dc.rightsCopyright 1996 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in the journal Physics of Plasmas and may be found at http://jmp.aip.org/jmp/top.jspen_US
dc.subjectmathematicsen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic reconnectionen_US
dc.subjectviscous flowen_US
dc.subjectincompressible flowen_US
dc.subjectsolar flaresen_US
dc.subjectviscosityen_US
dc.subjectsteady&minusen_US
dc.subjectstate conditionsen_US
dc.subjectanalytical solutionen_US
dc.subjectmagnetohydrodynamicsen_US
dc.titleExact solutions for steady-state, planar, magnetic reconnection in an incompressible viscous plasmaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
pubs.begin-page2243en_NZ
pubs.elements-id33624
pubs.end-page2243en_NZ
pubs.issue6en_NZ
pubs.volume3en_NZ
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