Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...366..577l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 366, Jan. 10, 1991, p. 577-591. Research supported by DOE.
Mathematics
Logic
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Magnetoplasmadynamics, Magnetotails, Plasma Dynamics, Solar Corona, Solar Magnetic Field, Space Plasmas, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Manifolds, Stellar Models, Three Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
The kinematic reconnection model of Lau and Finn (1990) is applied in a theoretical investigation of three-dimensional plasmoid morphology, as seen in the solar corona and earth magnetotail. The derivation of the governing equations is outlined; long, short, and periodic plasmoid models are developed; and the evolution of the stable and unstable manifolds in these models is presented graphically. It is inferred that sheet currents and tangential discontinuities can form on surfaces topologically identical to those where Delta(phi) about equal to Delta(z) singularities occur in the kinematic reconnection model, and can be broadened in a similar way by nonideal effects. Two such surfaces exist in long plasmoids, and also in short plasmoids in the presence of finite resistivity; the intertwined surfaces characteristic of the periodic plasmoid form a fractal set but merge in the presence of finite resistivity, producing structures similar to those proposed by the sheet-current theory of Parker (1983).
Finn John M.
Lau Yun-Tung
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