Stability criteria for massive current sheets in two-dimensional potential magnetic fields

1994 ◽  
Vol 432 ◽  
pp. 793 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Aly ◽  
S. Colombi ◽  
T. Lepeltier





Current sheets are believed to be of prime importance in the solar atmosphere. Low down they may form at supergranulation boundaries, whereas up in the corona they have been suggested as a prominence formation site. In addition, they may occur when rapidly emerging flux presses up against pre-existing magnetic fields: if rapid magnetic field annihilation and reconnection is then triggered, a surge or a flare may be produced. Comments are given about three aspects of general current sheet theory. The position and shape of the current sheet which forms between two-dimensional dipole sources is calculated. The thermal instability which occurs when the length of the sheet exceeds a critical value is described. Finally, a simple model of magnetic field annihilation is presented.







2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Ratajczak ◽  
Thomas Wondrak ◽  
Klaus Timmel ◽  
Frank Stefani ◽  
Sven Eckert

AbstractIn continuous casting DC magnetic fields perpendicular to the wide faces of the mold are used to control the flow in the mold. Especially in this case, even a rough knowledge of the flow structure in the mold would be highly desirable. The contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) allows to reconstruct the dominating two-dimensional flow structure in a slab casting mold by applying one external magnetic field and by measuring the flow-induced magnetic fields outside the mold. For a physical model of a mold with a cross section of 140 mm×35 mm we present preliminary measurements of the flow field in the mold in the presence of a magnetic brake. In addition, we show first reconstructions of the flow field in a mold with the cross section of 400 mm×100 mm demonstrating the upward scalability of CIFT.



1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 5095-5104 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Komatsu ◽  
K. Koike ◽  
Y. Kaifu ◽  
S. Takeyama ◽  
K. Watanabe ◽  
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