DocumentCode
865456
Title
Development of strongly dissipative MHD structures
Author
Gratton, Fausto T. ; Gnavi, Graciela ; Bender, Laurence
Author_Institution
Inst. de Fisica del Plasma, Univ. de Buenos Aires Cuidad Univ., Argentina
Volume
20
Issue
6
fYear
1992
fDate
12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
882
Lastpage
890
Abstract
The formation of compact magnetic structures by advection of an initial magnetic seed due to the motion of the plasma, and the intensification of the field due to line stretching are discussed. It is shown that when the plasma is squeezed locally by external agents, so that an inflow-outflow near a stagnation point is generated by the pinching, large amounts of Joule heating are obtained in a short time when the magnetic Reynolds number is large
Keywords
astrophysical plasma; plasma heating; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; Joule heating; advection; astrophysical plasma; compact magnetic structures; inflow-outflow; intensification; line stretching; magnetic Reynolds number; magnetic seed; pinching; plasma; stagnation point; strongly dissipative MHD structures; Conductivity; Heat transfer; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic switching; Magnetohydrodynamics; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Slabs; Steady-state;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/27.199543
Filename
199543
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