The thermodynamic response of heating at coronal null points
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Author(s)
Johnson, D
Hood, AW
Cargill, PJ
Reid, J
Johnston, CD
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Magnetic null points are an important aspect of the magnetic field structure of the solar corona and can be sites of enhanced dissipation. This paper uses analytical and numerical models to investigate the plasma structure around a heated null. It is shown that the temperature profile not only differs significantly from that in a uniform field, but also that the profile depends significantly on the spatial structure of the heating. Field lines close to the separatrices and the null point have higher temperatures than a uniform field for the same heating input. The dependence of the results near the null on both the ratio of perpendicular to parallel conduction, and numerical resolution is also explored. The comparison between analytic and numerical solutions also provides a useful benchmark to compare MHD codes with anisotropic thermal conduction.
Date Issued
2024-08
Date Acceptance
2024-07-15
Citation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024, 532 (4), pp.4261-4271
ISSN
0035-8711
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
4261
End Page
4271
Journal / Book Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
532
Issue
4
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© 2024 The Author(s).
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
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provided the original work is properly cited.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
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Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1760
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
stae1760
Date Publish Online
2024-07-19