Alfven resonances and forced reconnection

Uberoi, and Zweibel, EG (1999) Alfven resonances and forced reconnection. In: Journal of Plasma Physics, 62 (part 3). pp. 345-350.

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Abstract

The correspondence between the forced magnetic reconnection induced by perturbing the boundary of the simple Taylor model and the surface-wave-induced magnetic reconnection given by Alfven resonance theory is pointed out explicitly by showing that the theory of forced magnetic reconnection is actually embedded in the Alfven resonance theory. The advantages of viewing the forced reconnection as surface-wave-induced reconnection are briefly discussed in the context of the formation of small-scale structures at the magnetospheric boundary and solar coronal heating.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Plasma Physics
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2011 05:30
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2013 11:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38578

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