Thursday, November 29, 2012

1211.6708 (Yi-Min Huang et al.)

On the Distribution of Plasmoids In High-Lundquist-Number Magnetic Reconnection    [PDF]

Yi-Min Huang, A. Bhattacharjee
The distribution function $f(\psi)$ of magnetic flux $\psi$ in plasmoids formed in high-Lundquist-number current sheets is studied by means of an analytic phenomenological model and direct numerical simulations. The distribution function is shown to follow a power law $f(\psi)\sim\psi^{-1}$, which differs from other recent theoretical predictions. Physical explanations are given for the discrepant predictions of other theoretical models.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.6708

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