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利用磁重联产生阿尔芬波

Generation of Alfven Waves by Magnetic Reconnection

Hiromitsu Kigure, Kunio Takahashi, Kazunari Shibata, Takaaki Yokoyama, Satoshi Nozawa

摘要:

本文报道了非理想反平行磁场的磁重联的2.5维磁流体动力学模拟结果。磁场有一个垂直于计算平面的分量,即导场。在我们的模拟中,两个半区域中的磁场线之间的角度θ是一个关键参数,而等离子体的初始分布被假设为简单的;除了电流片区域,密度和压力是均匀的。阿尔芬波在重联点产生,并沿重联场线传播。测量了由磁重联产生的阿尔芬波和磁声波(慢模和快模)的能流。每一个通量都表现出与θ无关的相似的时间演化。计算了阿尔芬波和磁声波携带的能量(能流的时间积分)占释放的磁能的百分比。在β = 0.1、1和20的情况下,阿尔芬波分别携带最大释放磁能(θ = 80 ^\circ)的38.9%、36.0%和29.5%,其中β是等离子体β(气压与磁压的比值)。磁声波携带最大能量的16.2%(θ = 70 ^\circ)、25.9%(θ = 60 ^\circ)和75.0%(θ = 180 ^\circ)。这些结果的太阳日冕加热和加速的高速太阳风的影响进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

In this paper, results of 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations are reported for the magnetic reconnection of non-perfectly antiparallel magnetic fields. The magnetic field has a component perpendicular to the computational plane, that is, guide field. The angle theta between magnetic field lines in two half regions is a key parameter in our simulations whereas the initial distribution of the plasma is assumed to be simple; density and pressure are uniform except for the current sheet region. Alfven waves are generated at the reconnection point and propagate along the reconnected field line. The energy fluxes of the Alfven waves and magneto-acoustic waves (slow mode and fast mode) generated by the magnetic reconnection are measured. Each flux shows the similar time evolution independent of theta. The percentage of the energies (time integral of energy fluxes) carried by the Alfven waves and magneto-acoustic waves to the released magnetic energy are calculated. The Alfven waves carry 38.9%, 36.0%, and 29.5% of the released magnetic energy at the maximum (theta=80^\circ) in the case of beta=0.1, 1, and 20 respectively, where beta is the plasma beta (the ratio of gas pressure to magnetic pressure). The magneto-acoustic waves carry 16.2% (theta=70^\circ), 25.9% (theta=60^\circ), and 75.0% (theta=180^\circ) of the energy at the maximum. Implications of these results for solar coronal heating and acceleration of high-speed solar wind are discussed.

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