Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chacón, L
• Simakov, Andrei N
• Zocco, A

Titel

Steady-state properties of driven magnetic reconnection in 2D electron magnetohydrodynamics

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2007-12, Vol.99 (23), p.235001-235001, Article 235001

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

PROLA - Physical Review Online Archive

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We formulate a rigorous nonlinear analytical model that describes the dynamics of the diffusion (reconnection) region in driven systems in the context of electron magnetohydrodynamics (EMHD). A steady-state analysis yields allowed geometric configurations and associated reconnection rates. In addition to the well-known open X-point geometry, elongated configurations are found possible. The model predictions have been validated numerically with two-dimensional EMHD nonlinear simulations, and are in excellent agreement with previously published work.