Abstract
Whether it is induced by an ideal (current driven) instability or by an external force, plasma flow causes a change in the magnetic field configuration and often gives rise to a current intensification locally, thereby a fast driven reconnection being driven there. Many dramatic phenomena in magnetically confined plasmas such as magnetospheric substorms, solar flares, MHD self-organization and tokamak sawtooth crash, may be attributed to this fast driven reconnection. Using a fourth order MHD simulation code it is confirmed that compressibility of the plasma plays a crucial role in leading to a fast (MHD time scale) driven reconnection. This indicates that the incompressible representation is not always applicable to the study of a global dynamical behavior of a magnetically confined plasma. (author).
Citation Formats
Sato, T, Hayashi, T, Watanabe, K, Horiuchi, R, Tanaka, M, Sawairi, N, and Kusano, K.
Role of compressibility on driven magnetic reconnection.
Japan: N. p.,
1991.
Web.
Sato, T, Hayashi, T, Watanabe, K, Horiuchi, R, Tanaka, M, Sawairi, N, & Kusano, K.
Role of compressibility on driven magnetic reconnection.
Japan.
Sato, T, Hayashi, T, Watanabe, K, Horiuchi, R, Tanaka, M, Sawairi, N, and Kusano, K.
1991.
"Role of compressibility on driven magnetic reconnection."
Japan.
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title = {Role of compressibility on driven magnetic reconnection}
author = {Sato, T, Hayashi, T, Watanabe, K, Horiuchi, R, Tanaka, M, Sawairi, N, and Kusano, K}
abstractNote = {Whether it is induced by an ideal (current driven) instability or by an external force, plasma flow causes a change in the magnetic field configuration and often gives rise to a current intensification locally, thereby a fast driven reconnection being driven there. Many dramatic phenomena in magnetically confined plasmas such as magnetospheric substorms, solar flares, MHD self-organization and tokamak sawtooth crash, may be attributed to this fast driven reconnection. Using a fourth order MHD simulation code it is confirmed that compressibility of the plasma plays a crucial role in leading to a fast (MHD time scale) driven reconnection. This indicates that the incompressible representation is not always applicable to the study of a global dynamical behavior of a magnetically confined plasma. (author).}
place = {Japan}
year = {1991}
month = {Aug}
}
title = {Role of compressibility on driven magnetic reconnection}
author = {Sato, T, Hayashi, T, Watanabe, K, Horiuchi, R, Tanaka, M, Sawairi, N, and Kusano, K}
abstractNote = {Whether it is induced by an ideal (current driven) instability or by an external force, plasma flow causes a change in the magnetic field configuration and often gives rise to a current intensification locally, thereby a fast driven reconnection being driven there. Many dramatic phenomena in magnetically confined plasmas such as magnetospheric substorms, solar flares, MHD self-organization and tokamak sawtooth crash, may be attributed to this fast driven reconnection. Using a fourth order MHD simulation code it is confirmed that compressibility of the plasma plays a crucial role in leading to a fast (MHD time scale) driven reconnection. This indicates that the incompressible representation is not always applicable to the study of a global dynamical behavior of a magnetically confined plasma. (author).}
place = {Japan}
year = {1991}
month = {Aug}
}