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Nonlinear force-free configurations in cylindrical geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2020

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Maxim Lyutikov*
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN47907-2036, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: lyutikov@purdue.edu
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Abstract

We find a new family of solutions for force-free magnetic structures in cylindrical geometry. These solutions have radial power-law dependence and are periodic but non-harmonic in the azimuthal direction; they generalize the vacuum $z$-independent potential fields to current-carrying configurations.

Keywords

astrophysical plasmas
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , 905860210
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2020

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