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T1 Generation of sheet currents by high frequency fast magnetosonic waves
A1 Núñez Jiménez, Manuel
AB The evolution of fast magnetosonic waves of high frequency propa-gating into an axisymmetric equilibrium plasma is studied. By usingthe methods of weakly nonlinear geometrical optics, it is shown that theperturbation travels in the equatorial plane while satisfying a transportequation which enables us to predict the time and location of formation ofshock waves. For plasmas of large magnetic Prandtl number, this wouldresult into the creation of sheet currents which may give rise to magneticreconnection and destruction of the original equilibrium.
PB Elsevier
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/22703
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/22703
LA eng
NO Physics Letters A 380, 3817-3822
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-abr-2024