Fast resistive reconnection regime in the nonlinear evolution of double tearing modes.
Fast resistive reconnection regime in the nonlinear evolution of double tearing modes.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.99.185004
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发表时间:
2007-11
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Zheng-Xiong Wang;Xiaogang Wang;J. Dong;Y. Lei;Y. Long;Z. Mou;W. Qu
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作者:
Zheng-Xiong Wang;Xiaogang Wang;J. Dong;Y. Lei;Y. Long;Z. Mou;W. Qu
Phases of nonlinear double tearing modes are studied numerically. The first two phases lead to the formation and growth of magnetic islands and are followed by a fast reconnection phase to complete the process, driven by a process of neighboring magnetic separatrices merging and magnetic islands coupling. The fast growth can be understood as a result of the island interaction equivalent to a steadily inward flux boundary driven. Resistivity dependences for various phases are studied and shown by scaling analysis for the first time. It is found that after an early Sweet-Parker phase with a eta(1/2)-scale, a slow nonlinear phase in a Rutherford regime with a eta(1)-scale is followed by the fast reconnection phase with a eta(1/5)-scale.