Outputs (3)

Heating of Braided Coronal Loops (2011)
Journal Article
Wilmot-Smith, A., Pontin, D., Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). Heating of Braided Coronal Loops. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 536, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117942

Aims. We investigate the relaxation of braided magnetic loops in order to find out how the type of braiding via footpoint motions affects resultant heating of the loop. Methods. Two magnetic loops, braided in different ways, are used as initial condi... Read More about Heating of Braided Coronal Loops.

A Generalized Flux Function for Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection (2011)
Journal Article
Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). A Generalized Flux Function for Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection. Physics of Plasmas, 18(10), Article 102118. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3657424

The definition and measurement of magnetic reconnection in three-dimensional magnetic fields with multiple reconnection sites is a challenging problem, particularly in fields lacking null points. We propose a generalization of the familiar two-dimens... Read More about A Generalized Flux Function for Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection.

Dynamical constraints from field line topology in magnetic flux tubes (2011)
Journal Article
Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). Dynamical constraints from field line topology in magnetic flux tubes. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44(26), https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/26/265501

A topological constraint on the dynamics of a magnetic field in a flux tube arises from the fixed point indices of its field line mapping. This can explain unexpected behaviour in recent resistive-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of magnetic relaxatio... Read More about Dynamical constraints from field line topology in magnetic flux tubes.