1999/07/14 by Dmitri Uzdensky, Dmitri A. Uzdensky, Russell M. Kulsrud +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Space Physics (physics.space-ph) #astro-ph #physics.plasm-ph #physics.space-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9907021
4 pages, 4 eps figures, REVTeX
arxiv created 1999/07/14 · openalex publication_date 1999/07/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper we present a two-dimensional numerical simulation of a reconnection current layer in incompressible resistive magnetohydrodynamics with uniform resistivity in the limit of very large Lundquist numbers. We use realistic boundary conditions derived consistently from the outside magnetic field, and we also take into account the effect of the backpressure from the flow into the separatrix region. We find that within a few Alfven times the system reaches a steady state consistent with the Sweet--Parker model, even if the initial state is Petschek-like.