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Stability of a Massive Current Sheet Supported by a Two-Dimensional Potential Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

J.J. Aly
Affiliation:
Service d'Astrophysique Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
S. Colombi
Affiliation:
Service d'Astrophysique Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France

Abstract

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Necessary and sufficient criteria of linear ideal magnetohydrodynamic stability are derived for a massive current sheet - idealizing a solar prominence - supported against gravity by a two-dimensional potential magnetic field.

Type
VII. Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Evolution
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

References

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