Compressible magnetic-field reconnexion

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Oct 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jplph..22..245h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Plasma Physics, vol. 22, Oct. 1979, p. 245-256.

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Compressible Flow, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Dynamics, Shock Wave Propagation, Boundary Conditions, Boundary Value Problems, Compressibility Effects, Mach Number, Steady State, Two Dimensional Flow

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The Sonnerup solution for reconnection about an X-type magnetic null point is modified to involve only stable shocks. However, the reconnection process described does not originate at the line breaking point but is engineered by precise boundary conditions in the inflow region. The solution given is also valid in the compressible case. The limit on the reconnection rate (in Mach number units) is about 1.5. A nonuniqueness of the solution raises the possibility of viewing flare phenomena as abrupt jumps to different branches of the solution.

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