On spontaneous formation of current sheets: Untwisted magnetic fields

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bhattacharyya, R ^a,b   Low, B C ^b   Smolarkiewicz, P K ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SHEETS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD REVERSAL; FIXED GRIDS; FLUX SURFACES; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLUIDS; INITIAL STATE; MAGNETIC FEATURES; MAGNETIC FLUX SURFACE; MAGNETIC FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES; NEUTRAL POINTS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NONOSCILLATORY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SHEET FORMATION; SIMULATION CODE; SOLAR CORONA; SPATIAL VOLUME; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78650303012     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3496379     Document Type: Article

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