Reconnection in two dimensions - Localization of vorticity and current near magnetic X-points

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Jun 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..660m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, June 1982, p. 660-663.

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35

Current Density, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Flux, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Spectra, Vorticity, Flow Distribution, Flow Velocity, Plasma Dynamics, Reattached Flow, Topology

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Simulations of reconnection utilizing spectral methods show that the 'reconnection zone' exhibits internal structure in the form of a current filament and a 'quadrupole' of kinetic vorticity. A qualitative model of the dynamical role of these local structures is presented. It is suggested that the effect of small scale structures near the X-point is to increase the rate of reconnection.

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