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In this paper, we present a systematic study of the force-free field equation for simple axisymmetric configurations in spherical geometry and apply it to the solar active regions. The condition of separability of solutions in the radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-07 A. Prasad , A. Mangalam , B. Ravindra

Here we present a systematic study of force-free field equation for simple axisymmetric configurations in spherical geometry. The condition of separability of solutions in radial and angular variables leads to two classes of solutions:…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-03 A. Prasad , A. Mangalam

We find a new family of solutions for force-free magnetic structures in cylindrical geometry. These solutions have radial power-law dependance and are periodic but non-harmonic in azimuthal direction; they generalize the vacuum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Maxim Lyutikov

We present a novel numerical method that allows the calculation of nonlinear force-free magnetostatic solutions above a boundary surface on which only the distribution of the normal magnetic field component is given. The method relies on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Ioannis Contopoulos , Constantinos Kalapotharakos , Manolis Georgoulis

Rotating magnetic structures are common in astrophysics, from vortex tubes and tornados in the Sun all the way to jets in different astrophysical systems. The physics of these objects often combine inertial, magnetic, gas pressure and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Manuel Luna , Eric Priest , Fernando Moreno-Insertis

Electromagnetic field configurations with vanishing Lorentz force density are known as force-free and appear in terrestrial, space, and astrophysical plasmas. We explore a general method for finding such configurations based on formulating…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-31 Geoffrey Compère , Samuel E. Gralla , Alexandru Lupsasca

Knowledge of the structure of the coronal magnetic field is important for our understanding of many solar activity phenomena, e.g. flares and CMEs. However, the direct measurement of coronal magnetic fields is not possible with present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 T. Wiegelmann , T. Neukirch

We derive an analytical approximation of nonlinear force-free magnetic field solutions (NLFFF) that can efficiently be used for fast forward-fitting to solar magnetic data, constrained either by observed line-of-sight magnetograms and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-27 Markus J. Aschwanden

The dynamics of highly magnetized plasmas in extreme astrophysical environments are effectively modeled by Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE), a framework essential for studying objects like neutron stars and accreting black holes. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 Rakshak Adhikari

For the extrapolation of magnetic fields into the solar corona from measurements taken in the photosphere (or chromosphere) force-free magnetic fields are typically used. This does not take into account that the lower layers of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Thomas Neukirch , Thomas Wiegelmann

In this paper, we develop a systematical approach in applying an asymptotic method of moving planes to investigate qualitative properties of positive solutions for fractional parabolic equations. We first obtain a series of needed key…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-26 Wenxiong Chen , Pengyan Wang , Yahui Niu , Yunyun Hu

The Dirac equation for an electron in two spatial dimensions in the Coulomb and homogeneous magnetic fields is discussed. For weak magnetic fields, the approximate energy values are obtained by semiclassical method. In the case with strong…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Choon-Lin Ho , V. R. Khalilov

Force-free electrodynamics is the theoretical paradigm used to describe electromagnetic fields in a region where the inertia of plasma is negligible compared to the strength of the electromagnetic field. While these fields are studied…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-18 Rakshak Adhikari , Govind Menon , Mikhail V. Medvedev

The Maxwell equations for the spherical components of the electromagnetic fields outside sources do not separate into equations for each component alone. We show, however, that general solutions can be obtained by separation of variables in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. A. Matute

We describe a newly developed code for the extrapolation of nonlinear force-free coronal magnetic fields in spherical coordinates. The program uses measured vector magnetograms on the solar photosphere as input and solves the force-free…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Wiegelmann

We consider static, cylindrically symmetric configurations in general relativity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) with an arbitrary gauge-invariant Lagrangian of the form $L_{em}= \Phi(F)$, $F =F_{mn}F^{mn}$. We study electric and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 K. A. Bronnikov , G. N. Shikin , E. N. Sibileva

Force-free magnetic fields are important in many astrophysical settings. Determining the properties of such force-free fields -- especially smoothness and stability properties -- is crucial to understanding many key phenomena in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 D. I. Pontin , G. Hornig , A. L. Wilmot-Smith , I. J. D. Craig

Several families of nonlinear field equations are known to possess space- localized singularity-free solutions which describe fields with finite Hermitian norms. This paper studies the interaction of such fields with given electromagnetic…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Theodore Bodurov

While there are no known analytic solutions for force-free fields in toroidal coordinates, with a reasonable boundary condition it is possible to find a solution for the surface field and, with a restriction on the form of the field, to the…

General Physics · Physics 2023-05-26 Gerald E. Marsh

The aim of this paper is investigating the existence and multiplicity of weak solutions to non--local equations involving the {\em magnetic fractional Laplacian}, when the nonlinearity is subcritical and asymptotically linear at infinity.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-08 Rossella Bartolo , Pietro d'Avenia , Giovanni Molica Bisci
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