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Magnetic field reconnexion in a sheared field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Masayuki Ugai
Masayuki Ugai
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790, Japan
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Abstract

The present paper numerically studies a nonlinear development of the Petschek mode in a sheared magnetic field where there is a field component Bz along an X line. It is found that finite-amplitude intermediate waves, adjacent to the slow shock, may eventually stand in the quasi-steady configuration; on the other hand, the fundamental characteristics of the Petschek-mode development are scarcely influenced, either qualitatively or quantitatively, by the Bz field.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 89 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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