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dc.contributor.authorLuna, M.
dc.contributor.authorPriest, E.
dc.contributor.authorMoreno-Insertis, F.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T13:30:05Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T13:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-20
dc.identifier.citationLuna , M , Priest , E & Moreno-Insertis , F 2018 , ' Self-similar approach for rotating magnetohydrodynamic solar and astrophysical structures ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 863 , no. 2 , 147 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad093en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 255715069
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 2b3b76a6-300e-4eff-8517-ad9fa60b1fa5
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: urn:adfd691f422a39f9d12f2550143f449f
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85052387115
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000442222700009
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-3621-6690/work/74117758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/15963
dc.descriptionSupport by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through project AYA2014-55078-P is acknowledged. M.L. also acknowledges support from the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) to the Team 374 on “Solving the Prominence Paradox” led by Nicolas Labrosse.en
dc.description.abstractRotating magnetic structures are common in astrophysics, from vortex tubes and tornadoes in the Sun all the way to jets in different astrophysical systems. The physics of these objects often combine inertial, magnetic, gas pressure, and gravitational terms. Also, they often show approximate symmetries that help simplify the otherwise rather intractable equations governing their morphology and evolution. Here we propose a general formulation of the equations assuming axisymmetry and a self-similar form for all variables: in spherical coordinates ( r , θ , φ ), the magnetic field and plasma velocity are taken to be of the form B = f(θ)/rn and v = g(θ)/rm, with corresponding expressions for the scalar variables like pressure and density. Solutions are obtained for potential, force-free, and non-force-free magnetic configurations. Potential field solutions can be found for all values of n . Nonpotential force-free solutions possess an azimuthal component Bφ and exist only for n ≥ 2; the resulting structures are twisted and have closed field lines but are not collimated around the system axis. In the non-force-free case, including gas pressure, the magnetic field lines acquire an additional curvature to compensate for an outward pointing pressure gradient force. We have also considered a pure rotation situation with no gravity, in the zero- β limit: the solution has cylindrical geometry and twisted magnetic field lines. The latter solutions can be helpful in producing a collimated magnetic field structure; but they exist only when n < 0 and m < 0: for applications they must be matched to an external system at a finite distance from the origin.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journalen
dc.rights© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad093en
dc.subjectMagnetic fieldsen
dc.subjectMagnetohydrodynamic (MHD)en
dc.subjectPlasmasen
dc.subjectSun: atmosphereen
dc.subjectSun: magnetic fieldsen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleSelf-similar approach for rotating magnetohydrodynamic solar and astrophysical structuresen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad093
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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