Wilson, H.R. and Cowley, S.C. (2004) Theory for Explosive Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities in Plasmas. Physical Review Letters, 92 (17). pp. 175006-1. ISSN 1079-7114
Abstract
Flux tubes confined in tokamaks are observed to erupt explosively in some plasma disruptions and edge localized modes. Similar eruptions occur in astrophysical plasmas, for example, in solar flares and magnetospheric substorms. A single unifying nonlinear evolution equation describing such behavior in both astrophysical and tokamak plasmas is derived. This theory predicts that flux tubes rise explosively, narrow, and twist to pass through overlying magnetic field lines without reconnection.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Institution: | The University of York |
| Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
| Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2009 16:03 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2009 16:03 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.175006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society. |
| Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.175006 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7253 |
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