Exact solutions for magnetic annihilation in curvilinear geometry
Plasma Physics
2009-11-07 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
New exact solutions of the steady and incompressible 2D MHD equations in polar coordinates are presented. The solutions describe the process of reconnective magnetic annihilation in a curved current layer. They are particularly interesting for modeling magnetic reconnection in solar flares caused by the interaction of three photospheric magnetic sources.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0212017,
title = {Exact solutions for magnetic annihilation in curvilinear geometry},
author = {E. Tassi and V. S. Titov and G. Hornig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0212017},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages, 1 figure. Article presented at the 7th Plasma Easter Meeting on the Nonlinear Dynamics of Fusion Plasmas, Turin, 3-5 April 2002