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TanDokoro, R. and Fujimoto, M. (2005). Three-dimensional MHD simulation study of the structure at the leading part of a reconnection jet. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL024467. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We have performed three-dimensional MHD simulations of magnetic reconnection to investigate the structure of a reconnection jet. Our simulation results show that the leading edge of a reconnection jet deforms to put on a significantly complicated structure. In a randomly perturbed environment, smaller scale structure develops rapidly and finally the front of the reconnection jet becomes turbulent. In contrast when the initial perturbation is composed of a single sinusoidal mode, coherent magnetic bubbles are generated. The magnetic bubbles elongate significantly when the wavelength is small giving onset to a secondary instability that may subsequently lead to turbulence. We interpret the deformation of the jet front to be due to excitation of the Rayleigh-Taylor/ballooning-like instability and emphasize the significance of the three-dimensionality in considering the dynamics of a reconnection jet. |
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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection (2723, 7526), Space Plasma Physics, MHD waves and instabilities (2149, 2752, 6050), Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Flares |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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