Solitonlike solutions of magnetostatic equilibria: Plane-symmetric case

Details Solitonlike solutions of magnetostatic equilibria: Plane-symmetric case Solitonlike solutions of magnetostatic equilibria: Plane-symmetric case

2008-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/0805.4435v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E

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We present the plane-symmetric solitonlike solutions of magnetostatic equilibria by solving the nonlinear Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation numerically. The solutions have solitonlike and periodic structures in the $x$ and $y$ directions, respectively, and $z$ is the direction of plane symmetry. Although such solutions are unstable against the numerical iteration, we give the procedure to realize the sufficient convergence. Our result provides the definite answer for the existence of the solitonlike solutions that was questioned in recent years. The method developed in this paper will make it possible to study the axisymmetric solitonlike solutions of the nonlinear GS equation, which could model astrophysical jets with knotty structures.

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