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dc.contributor.authorNeukirch, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorAllanson, Oliver Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T15:30:11Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T15:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.identifier.citationNeukirch , T , Wilson , F & Allanson , O D 2018 , ' Collisionless current sheet equilibria ' , Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion , vol. 60 , no. 1 , 014008 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8485en
dc.identifier.issn0741-3335
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 250674976
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 0c9b60c5-f6d8-4ead-885a-16583fafdc03
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85038436712
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7597-4980/work/35946851
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000413349600004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11890
dc.descriptionThe authors acknowledge financial support by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council Consolidated Grants ST/K000950/1 and and ST/N000609/1, as well as Doctoral Training Grant ST/K502327/1. OA also acknowledges support by the UK Natural Environment Research Council Grant NE/P017274/1.en
dc.description.abstractCurrent sheets are important for the structure and dynamics of many plasma systems. In space and astrophysical plasmas they play a crucial role in activity processes, for example by facilitating the release of magnetic energy via processes such as magnetic reconnection. In this contribution we will focus on collisionless plasma systems. A sensible first step in any investigation of physical processes involving current sheets is to find appropriate equilibrium solutions. The theory of collisionless plasma equilibria is well established, but over the past few years there has been a renewed interest in finding equilibrium distribution functions for collisionless current sheets with particular properties, for example for cases where the current density is parallel to the magnetic field (force-free current sheets). This interest is due to a combination of scientific curiosity and potential applications to space and astrophysical plasmas. In this paper we will give an overview of some of the recent developments, discuss their potential applications and address a number of open questions.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusionen
dc.rights© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.en
dc.subjectCollisionless plasmasen
dc.subjectCurrent sheetsen
dc.subjectPlasma equilibriumen
dc.subjectForce-free magnetic fieldsen
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleCollisionless current sheet equilibriaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statisticsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8485
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/K000950/1en
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/N000609/1en


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