Kinematic reconnection at a magnetic null point: Fan-aligned current

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-93

  Pontin, D I ^a,b   Hornig, G ^c   Priest, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic flux; Magnetic null points; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FANS; KINEMATICS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW;

FAN PLANES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 14844341358     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920512331328071     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Antiochos, S.K., Karpen, J.T. and DeVore, C.R., Coronal magnetic field relaxation by null-point reconnection. Astrophys. J., 2002, 575 578-584.
2. Bulanov, S.V. and Sakai, J., Magnetic collapse in incompressible plasma flows. J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 1997, 66, 3477-3483.
3. Fletcher, L., Metcalf, T.R., Alexander, D., Brown, D.S. and Ryder, L.A., Evidence for the flare trigger site and three-dimensional reconnection in multiwavelength observations of a solar flare. Astrophys. J., 2001, 554, 451-463.
4. Hesse, M., In Advances in Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics, edited by E.R. Priest and A.W. Hood, p. 221, 1991 (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge).
5. Hornig, G. and Schindler, K., Magnetic topology and the problem of its invariant definition. Phys. Plasmas, 1996, 3, 781-792.
6. Hornig, G., In An Introduction to the Geometry and Topology of Fluid Flows, edited by R.L. Ricca, pp. 295-313, 2001 (Kluwer: Dordrecht).
7. Hornig G. and Priest, E.R., Evolution of magnetic flux in an isolated reconnection process. Phys. Plasmas, 2003, 10, 7, 2712-1721.
8. Klapper I., Rado A. and Tabor, M., A Lagrangian study of dynamics and singularity formation at magnetic null points in ideal three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics. Phys. Plasmas, 3, 1996, 11, 4281-4283.
9. Longcope, D.W., Topology and current ribbons: a model for current, reconnection and flaring in a complex, evolving corona. Solar Phys. 1996, 169, 91-121.
10. Longcope D.W., Brown, D.S. and Priest, E.R., On the distribution of magnetic null points above the solar photosphere. Phys. Plasmas, 2003, 10, 3321-3334.
11. Mellor, C. Titov, V.S. and Priest, E.R., Linear collapse of spatially linear, three-dimensional, potential Null Points. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 2003, 97, 6, 489-505.
12. Parnell C.E., Smith, J.M., Neukirch, T. and Priest, E.R., The structure of three-dimensional magnetic neutral points. Phys. Plasmas, 1996, 3, 3, 759-770.
13. Parnell, C.E., Neukirch, T., Smith, J.M. and Priest, E.R., Structure and collapse of three-dimensional magnetic neutral points. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 1997, 84, 245-271.
14. Pontin, D.I., Hornig, G., and Priest, E.R., Kinematic reconnection at a magnetic null point: Spine-aligned current. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 2004, 98, 407-428.
15. Priest, E.R. and Forbes, T.G., Magnetic Reconnection: MHD Theory and Applications, 2000 (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge).
16. Priest, E.R., Heyvaerts, J.F. and Title, A.M., A Flux-tube tectonics model for solar coronal heating driven by the magnetic carpet. Astrophys. J., 2002, 576, 533-551.
17. Priest, E.R., Hornig, G. and Pontin, D.I., On the nature of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection. J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108, A7, SSH6-1.
18. Priest, E.R. and Titov, V.S., Magnetic reconnection at three-dimensional null points. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 1996, 354, 2951-2992.
19. Schindler, K., Hesse, M. and Birn, J., General magnetic reconnection, parallel electric fields, and helicity. J. Geophys. Res., 1988, 93, A6, 5547-5557.
20. Schrijver, C.J. and Title, A.M., The topology of a mixed-polarity potential field, and inferences for the heating of the quiet solar corona. Solar Phys., 2002, 207, 223-240.