Tsap, Y., Fedun, V. orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-7346, Cheremnykh, O. et al. (3 more authors) (2020) On the stabilization of a twisted magnetic flux tube. The Astrophysical Journal, 901 (2).
Abstract
The linear magnetohydrodynamic stability of a shielding magnetic flux rope with a surface current under coronal solar conditions is analyzed in the framework of an energy principle. The equation describing the potential energy change induced by disturbances of the equilibrium was derived. It has been shown that the surface reverse current shielding the azimuthal component of the magnetic field lines outside a flux rope stabilizes the development of kink- and flute-type instabilities in the long-wavelength limit independently of the cross-sectional radial profile of current density. Kink modes are the most unstable ones as their generation requires less energy than other modes. Based on the obtained dispersion relation for kink oscillations, we proposed a new expression for the determination of magnetic field components of the twisted loop.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
Keywords: | Magnetohydrodynamics; Space plasmas |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2020 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2020 15:59 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3847/1538-4357/abaf01 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:166548 |