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Convection-region solutions for the re-connexion of anti-parallel magnetic fields of unequal magnitude in an incompressible plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

S. W. H. Cowley
S. W. H. Cowley
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Imperial College, London
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Abstract

We consider the flow of a highly conducting incompressible fluid in the convection region surrounding an X-type neutral line. The Sonnerup solution is generalized to include cases in which the in-flowing anti-parallel magnetic fields are of unequal magnitude, and in which the plasmas of the two in-flow regions have unequal density. It is found that there exists no unique solution for a given set of in-flow plasma parameters, but that the out-flowing plasma may exit within a certain range of angles with respect to the in-flow direction, depending on in-flow parameters.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 341 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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