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arXiv 1105.2684astro-ph.SRphysics.plasm-ph
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扭转脊柱和风扇磁重联的通用模型

Generalised models for torsional spine and fan magnetic reconnection

D. I. Pontin, A. K. Al-Hachami, K. Galsgaard

摘要:

三维零点在日冕中大量存在,在其他天体物理环境中也可能如此。最近的研究表明,在这样的三维零重联可能在日冕动力学中起着重要的作用。本文研究了三维零点处磁重联的扭脊模和扭扇模的性质。新的分析模型的开发,这是第一次包括一个当前的层,在空间上局部化的空,沿脊柱或风扇的空。这些都与数值模拟的补充。的主要目的是调查不同程度的不对称性的零点磁场上产生的重联过程的影响-以前的研究总是认为一个非通用的径向对称零。扭转脊柱和扭转风扇重联发生的电流层的几何形状被发现是强烈依赖于磁场的对称性。扭转脊柱重联仍然发生在脊柱周围的一个狭窄的管,但与椭圆截面的扇形特征值时,是不同的,与椭圆的短轴是沿着强场方向。时空的峰值电流,和达到的峰值重连率,发现不强烈依赖于不对称的程度。对于扭转风扇重联,重联发生在风扇表面的平面盘中,当磁场的对称性被破坏时,该平面盘再次是椭圆形的。椭圆的短轴沿着弱场方向,电流在这些弱场区域中达到峰值。在这种情况下,峰值电流和峰值重连率明显取决于不对称性,随着不对称程度的增加,峰值电流增加,但重连率降低。

英文摘要:

Three-dimensional null points are present in abundance in the solar corona, and the same is likely to be true in other astrophysical environments. Recent studies suggest that reconnection at such 3D nulls may play an important role in the coronal dynamics. In this paper the properties of the torsional spine and torsional fan modes of magnetic reconnection at 3D nulls are investigated. New analytical models are developed, which for the first time include a current layer that is spatially localised around the null, extending along either the spine or the fan of the null. These are complemented with numerical simulations. The principal aim is to investigate the effect of varying the degree of asymmetry of the null point magnetic field on the resulting reconnection process - where previous studies always considered a non-generic radially symmetric null. The geometry of the current layers within which torsional spine and torsional fan reconnection occur is found to be strongly dependent on the symmetry of the magnetic field. Torsional spine reconnection still occurs in a narrow tube around the spine, but with elliptical cross-section when the fan eigenvalues are different, and with the short axis of the ellipse being along the strong field direction. The spatiotemporal peak current, and the peak reconnection rate attained, are found not to depend strongly on the degree of asymmetry. For torsional fan reconnection, the reconnection occurs in a planar disk in the fan surface, which is again elliptical when the symmetry of the magnetic field is broken. The short axis of the ellipse is along the weak field direction, with the current being peaked in these weak field regions. The peak current and peak reconnection rate in this case are clearly dependent on the asymmetry, with the peak current increasing but the reconnection rate decreasing as the degree of asymmetry is increased.

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