Magnetohydrodynamic equilibria in the vicinity of an X-type neutral line specified by footpoint shear

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Current Sheets, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamics, Boundary Layers, Solar Corona

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Consideration is given to a class of 2D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria with hyperbolic, X-line-type geometry and with footpoint displacement field lines arbitrary near the separatrix. The scale-invariant, or similarity, solutions are presented to specification of the footpoint displacement that is finite as the separatrix is approached. They are appropriate near the X-line on length scales intermediate between the boundary layer width because of resistivity and the macroscopic length scale. Force balance across the separatrix implies identical radial dependence in all four quadrants and continuity of Bz squared across the separatrix. It is found that the general solutions can have arbitrary separatrix angle and ratio of flux between the quadrants.

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