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Two Time-dependent Solutions of Magnetic field Annihilation in Two Dimensions

Plasma Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

In this paper, two classes of exact analytic time-dependent soultion of magnetic annihilation for incompressible magnetic fluid, have been obtained by solving the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations directly. The solutions derived here possess scaling property with time tt as the scale factor. Based on these two solutions, we find that, for some given inflow fields, the evolution of the annihilating magnetic field can be described by the solutions of certain ordinary differential equations whose variables are dilated simply by time tt. The relevant evolution characteristics in the process of magnetic annihilation are also revealed.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9907016,
  title  = {Two Time-dependent Solutions of Magnetic field Annihilation in Two Dimensions},
  author = {Xue-Shang Feng and Yong Liu and Feng-Si Wei and Zhan-Yin Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9907016},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, Latex file, 7 EPS figures