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Dynamic topology and flux rope evolution during non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets (2014)
Journal Article
Wyper, P., & Pontin, D. (2014). Dynamic topology and flux rope evolution during non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets. Physics of Plasmas, 21(10), Article 102102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896060

In this work, the dynamic magnetic field within a tearing-unstable three-dimensional current sheet about a magnetic null point is described in detail. We focus on the evolution of the magnetic null points and flux ropes that are formed during the tea... Read More about Dynamic topology and flux rope evolution during non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets.

Non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets (2014)
Journal Article
Wyper, P., & Pontin, D. (2014). Non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets. Physics of Plasmas, 21(8), Article 082114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893149

The manner in which the rate of magnetic reconnection scales with the Lundquist number in realistic three-dimensional (3D) geometries is still an unsolved problem. It has been demonstrated that in 2D rapid non-linear tearing allows the reconnection r... Read More about Non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets.