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The Spontaneous Reconnection of Force Free Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Li Xing  and
Y.Q. Hu
Li Xing
Affiliation:
Dept. of Earth and Space Science, Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P.R.China
Y.Q. Hu
Affiliation:
Dept. of Earth and Space Science, Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P.R.China

Abstract

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Two dimensional, three components compressible MHD equations are solved with multistep implicit scheme. The spontaneous reconnection of current sheets with force free field background is simulated. In comparison with the case where the background is potential field, a great difference is found. Our conclusion is that the force free magnetic field can accelerate reconnection. It may have important scientific significance to solar physics, for force free field is widely present in solar atmosphere.

Type
Session 7. Magnetic Shear and Electric Currents
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 141: The Magnetic and Velocity Fields of Solar Active Regions , 1993 , pp. 450 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1993

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