Reconnection of Magnetic Lines in an Ideal Fluid

The rate of reconnection of magnetic lines at an X-point, also growth of a tearing configuration have always been related to the presence of resistivity or other dissipative mechanisms. These phenomena, exhibiting nonconservation of magnetic line topology, are shown to occur in an ideal, nondissipat...

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Main Author: Grad,Harold
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ADIABATIC CONDITIONS
CONSERVATION
Electricity and Magnetism
FLUID MECHANICS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
PE61102F
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
WUAFOSR2304A4
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Summary:The rate of reconnection of magnetic lines at an X-point, also growth of a tearing configuration have always been related to the presence of resistivity or other dissipative mechanisms. These phenomena, exhibiting nonconservation of magnetic line topology, are shown to occur in an ideal, nondissipative fluid, thereby violating beliefs, theorems, and calculations of over a century (including the mathematically equivalent questions involving vortex lines in an ideal fluid). (Author) Errata sheet inserted.