Reconnection of Magnetic Lines in an Ideal Fluid.
Abstract
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)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA061973
Entities
People
- Harold Grad
Organizations
- New York University