2D numerical simulation of the resistive reconnection layer

Technical Report · Fri Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/758723· OSTI ID:758723

Uzdensky, D A; Kulsrud, R M

In this paper the authors present a two-dimensional numerical simulation of a reconnection current layer in incompressible resistive magnetohydrodynamics with uniform resistivity in the limit of very large Lundquist numbers. They use realistic boundary conditions derived consistently from the outside magnetic field, and they also take into account the effect of the backpressure from flow into the separatrix region. They find that within a few Alfven times the system reaches a steady state consistent with the Sweet-Parker model, even if the initial state is Petschek-like.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 758723
• Report Number(s): PPPL-3478; TRN: US0003979
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 21 Jul 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS