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3D Simulation of Externally Driven Reconnection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

T. Sato
T. Sato*
Affiliation:
Institute for Fusion Theory, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A.

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A 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulation is presented. The essential conclusions obtained by the previous 2D model, such as the slow shock formation and the strong plasma jet generation, are reconfirmed. In addition, several new findings pertinent to three dimensionality are obtained. Among them, particularly interesting and important is the generation of field aligned currents at the slow shock associated with a local interruption of the neutral sheet current. It is also interesting to observe the generation of super–magnetosonic flows with the Mach number of 2.

Type
Session III
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 107: Unstable Current Systems and Plasma Instabilities , 1985 , pp. 211 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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