Current sheet formation and nonideal behavior at three-dimensional magnetic null points
Current sheet formation and nonideal behavior at three-dimensional magnetic null points
The nature of the evolution of the magnetic field, and of current sheet formation, at three-dimensional (3D) magnetic null points is investigated. A kinematic example is presented that demonstrates that for certain evolutions of a 3D null (specifically those for which the ratios of the null point eigenvalues are time-dependent), …