Forced magnetic reconnection due to boundary perturbation
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[en] Boundary layer analysis of forced magnetic reconnection due to a boundary perturbation is revised. This revised analysis introduces correct asymptotic matching to take into account the effect of inertia in the inner layer precisely. The initial evolution of a new reconnection process is characterized by some significant features. One is that a reconnected flux increases on the same time scale as the boundary perturbation, which excludes the Sweet-Parker time scale obtained by use of the constant-ψ asymptotic matching. Another is that an induced surface current on a resonant surface is in such a direction as to oppose the progress of the reconnection. Moreover an equation for the time evolution of the reconnected flux is proposed in terms of an integral equation. (author)
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Sagara, A.; Hirooka, Y.; Noda, N.; Motojima, O. (National Inst. for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu (Japan)) (eds.); 628 p; ISBN 4-9900586-5-8; ; 2000; p. 592-596; ITC-10: 10. international Toki conference on plasma and controlled nuclear fusion; Toki, Gifu (Japan); 18-22 Jan 2000; 7 refs.
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