Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jn8rn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T13:37:22.986Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

On the level surfaces of the magnetic field in a resistive plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2001

MANUEL NÚÑEZ
MANUEL NÚÑEZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An analysis of the induction equation shows that the level surfaces of the magnetic field in a resistive plasma satisfy a certain bound upon the time means of their areas. When this bound is applied to some configurations typical of chaotic plasmas, it is shown that the number of bidimensional sheets where the field reaches a extremum is bounded, whereas the number of extremal ropes or points need not be. This also applies to current sheets.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , April 2001 , pp. 161 - 170
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)