Magnetic surface topology in decaying plasma knots

Magnetic surface topology in decaying plasma knots

Torus-knot solitons have recently been formulated as solutions to the ideal incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. We investigate numerically how these fields evolve in resistive, compressible, and viscous MHD. We find that certain decaying plasma torus knots exhibit magnetic surfaces...

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Main Authors: C B Smiet, A Thompson, P Bouwmeester, D Bouwmeester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
magnetic topology
magnetic helicity
magnetic reconnection
topological solitons
52.65.-y
52.35.Vd
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa5de6

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