Removing the pressure limitations on flux pile-up reconnection

被引:10
作者
Jardine, M [1 ]
Allen, HR
机构
[1] Univ St Andrews, Dept Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] Univ St Andrews, IT Serv, St Andrews KY16 9SX, Fife, Scotland
关键词
D O I
10.1023/A:1004944420328
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In a recent Letter, Litvinenko, Forbes, and Priest (1996) claimed that the rate of the very fast flux-pile rip reconnection is severely limited by the effects of plasma pressure. They considered however only two-dimensional, zero-vorticity flows. Here we show that this limitation is a feature of these restrictive assumptions and can be removed by relaxing either of them.
引用
收藏
页码:411 / 414
页数:4
相关论文
共 10 条
[1]   Exact solutions for steady state, spine, and fan magnetic reconnection [J].
Craig, IJD ;
Fabling, RB .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1996, 462 (02) :969-976
[2]   EXACT-SOLUTIONS FOR STEADY-STATE INCOMPRESSIBLE MAGNETIC RECONNECTION [J].
CRAIG, IJD ;
HENTON, SM .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1995, 450 (01) :280-288
[3]  
GRUNDY RE, 1997, IN PRESS I MATH J AP
[4]   A FAMILY OF 2-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR SOLUTIONS FOR MAGNETIC-FIELD ANNIHILATION [J].
JARDINE, M ;
ALLEN, HR ;
GRUNDY, RE ;
PRIEST, ER .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 1992, 97 (A4) :4199-4207
[5]   3-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC-FIELD ANNIHILATION [J].
JARDINE, M ;
ALLEN, HR ;
GRUNDY, RE .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 1993, 98 (A11) :19409-19417
[6]   3-DIMENSIONAL STEADY-STATE MAGNETIC RECONNECTION [J].
JARDINE, M .
JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS, 1994, 51 :399-422
[7]   A strong limitation on the rapidity of flux-pile-up reconnection [J].
Litvinenko, YE ;
Forbes, TG ;
Priest, ER .
SOLAR PHYSICS, 1996, 167 (1-2) :445-448
[8]   RECONNECTION RATE OF MAGNETIC-FIELDS [J].
PARKER, EN .
JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS, 1973, 9 (FEB) :49-63
[9]   MHD STAGNATION-POINT FLOWS AT A CURRENT SHEET INCLUDING VISCOUS AND RESISTIVE EFFECTS - GENERAL 2-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS [J].
PHAN, TD ;
SONNERUP, BUO .
JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS, 1990, 44 :525-546
[10]   RESISTIVE MHD STAGNATION-POINT FLOWS AT A CURRENT SHEET [J].
SONNERUP, BUO ;
PRIEST, ER .
JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS, 1975, 14 (OCT) :283-294