Abstract
Shear Alfven resonances in line-tied magnetic geometries, geometries with discontinuities in the field line mapping, were studied. Qualitative differences in the two spectra, two-dimensional X-point and a three-dimensional magnetic hull, were observed. Results showed that the X-point geometry has Alfven resonances of vanishing frequency and the magnetic null geometry has a finite cutoff in resonant frequency for all field lines in the system.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 241-248 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics