Reconnection of stressed magnetic fields

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Nov 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...399..159h&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 399, no. 1, p. 159-163.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

57

Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Plasmas (Physics), Solar Convection (Astronomy), Asymptotic Methods, Magnetic Relaxation

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It is shown that magnetized plasma configurations under magnetic stress relax irreversibly to the state of minimum stress at a rate that is essentially Alfvenic provided a magnetic null is present. The relaxation is effected by the reconnection at the field null and proceeds at a rate proportional to the absolute value of ln(eta) exp-1, where eta is the resistivity. An analytic calculation in the linear regime is presented.

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