Magnetic reconnection at three-dimensional null points
The physics of magnetic reconnection at a neutral point is studied. The attention is focused on the simplest case of a proper radial null type, but for other types (improper radial nulls and spiral nulls) the key elements of structure, the spine and the fan, remain under consideration, admitting the application to broader practical domains. Three kinds of reconnections are investigated: spine reconnection, fan reconnection, and separator reconnection. This least is the case, where the field lines in the planes perpendicular to a separator have \(X\)-type topology and may collapse to current sheet. The authors present an anti-reconnection theorem, saying that steady MHD reconnection in three dimensions with convective plasma flow across the spine or fan of a proper radial null point is impossible in an inviscid plasma with a highly sub-Alfvénic flow and with a uniform magnetic diffusivity.
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 967366
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- Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point
- Generalised models for torsional spine and fan magnetic reconnection
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- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 967366 (Why is no real title available?)
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- Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in astrophysical plasmas
- Exact solutions for magnetic annihilation in curvilinear geometry
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