Published December 1987
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Journal article
Electric current sheet formation in a magnetic field induced by continuous magnetic footpoint displacements
Description
Attention is given to two analytical examples illustrating the formation of an electric current sheet in a magnetic field without neutral points, as a result of a continuous boundary displacement of the magnetic footpoints. This effect can be demonstrated by resort to potential magnetic fields that are treated as special cases of the general force-free magnetic field. The problem of the force-free magnetic field is cast in terms of Euler potentials. 27 references
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Of sun
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophys. J.
- Journal Volume
- 323
- Series
- Astrophys. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 358-367
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
- CODEN
- ASJOA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19048261
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FORCE-FREE MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; SUN
- Descriptors DEC
- CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; STARS