Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986a%26a...156..295v&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 156, no. 1-2, Feb. 1986, p. 295-300.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Atmospheric Stratification, Magnetic Field Configurations, Nonequilibrium Conditions, Solar Atmosphere, Current Sheets, Force-Free Magnetic Fields, Gravitational Fields, Lines Of Force, Solar Corona, Topology
Scientific paper
A study has been made of equilibrium conditions of the magnetic field in a stratified medium influenced by a gravity force. Two classes of equilibrium solutions, arising in the presence of a neutral line of the magnetic field, are derived. When the topology of an initial magnetic field does not correspond to these two classes of solutions, reconnection is taking place and a current sheet is produced. Some examples of magnetic non-equilibrium are given. The topology of these lines of force for these configurations is not equivalent to the final equilibrium state, and the formation of current sheets with a subsequent dissipation of the magnetic field is inevitable. The situations under examination are all readily realized in the solar corona. Magnetic non-equilibrium may represent one of the reconnections of lines of force mechanisms in the solar corona.
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