Nonlinear driven reconnection in the reversed-field pinch
- 25 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (8) , 808-810
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.808
Abstract
We propose a theory that a new type of magnetic reconnection, nonlinear driven reconnection, is triggered during the nonlinear development of an m=1 helical kink-mode instability. This reconnection process can well explain nonlinear reconnection observed in the previous simulation and can be a candidate for the self-reversal mechanism in the reversed-field pinch.Keywords
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