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Can prominences form in current sheets
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Forbes, T. G. Malherbe, J. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Two-dimensional numerical simulations of the formation of cold condensations in a vertical current sheet have been performed using the radiative, resistive MHD equations with line-tied boundary conditions at one end of the sheet. Prominence-like condensations are observed to appear above and below an X-line produced by the onset of the tearing-mode instability. Cooling in the sheet is initiated by Ohmic decay, with the densest condensations occurring in the region downstream of a fast-mode shock. This shock, which is due to the line-tied boundary conditions, terminates one of the two supermagnetosonic reconnection jets that develop when the tearing is fully developed. The condensation properties of shock waves, which may trigger or considerably enhance the conditions for thermal condensation are emphasized. |
| File Size | 290195 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870011443 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t05x76p0r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solar Physics Solar Corona Current Sheets Cooling Plasmas Physics Condensing Solar Prominences Sun Thermodynamics Solar Temperature Simulation Stellar Mass Magnetohydrodynamic Waves Mathematical Models Plasma Temperature Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
