Title

Current Sheet Formation Near A Hyperbolic Magnetic Neutral Line In A Variable-Density Plasma: An Exact Solution

Abstract

Current-sheet formation near a hyperbolic magnetic neutral line in the MHD model is investigated. In this model, the magnetic field lines are swept by the plasma flow toward the X-point. Effects of density-variation of the plasma are included. An exact analytic solution is given. This solution exhibits a finite-time singularity that is peculiar to the variable-density plasma case and this finite-time singularity occurs when there is a plasma density build-up near the magnetic neutral line. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

6-18-2007

Publication Title

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volume

366

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

97-100

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2007.02.020

Socpus ID

34247626433 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34247626433

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