2010/03/31 by D. I. Pontin, A. L. Wilmot-Smith, A. L. Wilmot‐Smith +2 · 86 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Cascade #Field line #Instability #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic Reynolds number #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Magnetic energy #Magnetic field #Magnetic flux #Magnetic helicity #Magnetic reconnection #Magnetization #Magnetohydrodynamics #Mechanics #Physics #Reynolds number #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Turbulence #astro-ph.SR #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014544
published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 525, A57 (EDP Sciences) · To be published in A&A
arxiv created 2010/10/21 · openalex publication_date 2010/10/21 · arxiv updated 2015/05/18 · openalex created_date 2022/10/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Aims. Our aim is to investigate the resistive relaxation of a magnetic loop that contains braided magnetic flux but no net current or helicity. The loop is subject to line-tied boundary conditions. We investigate the dynamical processes that occur during this relaxation, in particular the magnetic reconnection that occurs, and discuss the nature of the final equilibrium.