Re: [EVGRAY] Re: Magnetic flux annihilation-reconnect phenomenon

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2019-01-10T16:55:50-06:00
Norman Wootan <[email protected]>

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Thank You, Bert Pool for this new soc. 
https://scienceblog.com/505176/scientists-inch-closer-to-fusion-energy-with-discovery-of-a-process-that-stabilizes-plasmas/

On 1/10/2019 7:58 AM, Norman Wootan [email protected] [EVGRAY] wrote:
>
>
>   Alfvén wave
>
> An *Alfvén wave* is a wave that occurs in a plasma 
> <https://www.plasma-universe.com/Plasma> (or conducting fluid), 
> resulting from the interaction of the magnetic fields and electric 
> currents <https://www.plasma-universe.com/Electric_current> within it, 
> causing an oscillation of the ions. Alfvén wrote in a letter to the 
> journal /Nature/ in 1942:
>
>     "If a conducting liquid is placed in a constant magnetic field,
>     every motion of the liquid gives rise to an E.M.F. which produces
>     electric currents. Owing to the magnetic field, these currents
>     give mechanical forces which change the state of motion of the
>     liquid. Thus a kind of combined electromagnetic-hydrodynamic wave
>     is produced."^[1]
>     <https://www.plasma-universe.com/Alfv%C3%A9n_wave#cite_note-alfven1942-1>
>
>
> Alfvén waves initiated the field of magnetohydrodynamics 
> <https://www.plasma-universe.com/Magnetohydrodynamics> which 
> subsequently earned Alfvén a Nobel Prize.
>
> Put some thought behind this statement  "A conductive liquid"!!
>
> On 1/10/2019 7:41 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Alfv%C3%A9n Please read this 
>> mans research and see how he was often rejected by fellow physicists.
>>
>> On 1/10/2019 7:31 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>>
>>> http://aa.springer.de/papers/7324002/2300449.pdf Still researching 
>>> the importance of the Alfven waves in plasma.
>>>
>>> On 1/10/2019 6:51 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Moray, Jon Gentry and Warren asked pertinent questions regarding 
>>>> velocities, magnetic flux etc. in plasma events so I did a search 
>>>> as to whether Alfven waves have a frequency.  This site pretty well 
>>>> defines a lot of plasma info that we need. See: 
>>>> https://www.britannica.com/science/plasma-state-of-matter#ref507092
>>>>
>>>> On 1/10/2019 6:29 AM, Warren Keillor [email protected] 
>>>> [EVGRAY] wrote:
>>>>> Norman
>>>>> Hooper's work looks very compelling. At his time of 
>>>>> experimentation, super conductors were not a reality as they are 
>>>>> now. The fact that a resistance free conductor might accelerate a 
>>>>> potential's velocity, after going through a resistor, suggests an 
>>>>> analogy to fluid dynamics, much like Bernuili's principle 
>>>>> application of a venturi to gases.
>>>>> The idea of dielectric conductors is a mind smasher, inverting our 
>>>>> entire circuit thoughts.
>>>>> Generally, pretty radical concepts, in a zone to set us up for 
>>>>> quantum physics thinking. Whew!
>>>>> Cheers Warren
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>     On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 3:17 PM, Norman Wootan [email protected]
>>>>>     [EVGRAY]
>>>>>     <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Good question Warren! Nobody really knows how the potential
>>>>>     and current manifest in the conductor passing through a flux
>>>>>     field. Your question is valid cause there very well may be
>>>>>     some sort of reconnect occurring here. Theory was, that the
>>>>>     flux field was photon stream which enabled pairing to produce
>>>>>     electrons and attending current.  There is still so much that
>>>>>     we don't know but things are getting interesting. Read that
>>>>>     last doc that I posted for it is very enlightening on this
>>>>>     subject.  See:
>>>>>     http://www.tfcbooks.com/mall/more/temp/x565-hen.htm This is
>>>>>     one of Oles favorites.
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 1/9/2019 9:09 AM, Warren Keillor
>>>>>     [email protected]
>>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]> [EVGRAY] wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Norman
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I wonder if, in a down to earth , practical manner, the
>>>>>>     connect/re-connect plays a role in, for instance, the
>>>>>>     Kromery, where one slides the magnets at right angles to
>>>>>>     their locked together state.
>>>>>>     Initially, I need both hands to grasp the flywheel to turn my
>>>>>>     Kromery.
>>>>>>     Once turning, one finger's friction on the rim, easily
>>>>>>     rotates the flywheel, regardless of the load.
>>>>>>     Too fast, then eddy currents start warming the magnetic coil
>>>>>>     cores.
>>>>>>     Are we cutting those magnetic lines?
>>>>>>     Cheers Warren
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>         On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 9:25 AM, Norman Wootan
>>>>>>         [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [EVGRAY]
>>>>>>         <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>         wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         http://young.caltech.edu/Collisionless_Magnetic_Reconnection.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         On 1/9/2019 8:21 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         https://phys.org/news/2017-10-hidden-mechanics-magnetic-field-reconnection.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         On 1/9/2019 8:14 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>         https://gss.pppl.gov/talks/reconnection%20lecture%201.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>         On 1/9/2019 8:09 AM, Norman Wootan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>         https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-009-0545-0_14
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>         Recent
>>>>>>>>>         Developments
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         Theory
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         Magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         Reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         Dieter
>>>>>>>>>         Biskamp
>>>>>>>>>         Max-Planck-Institut
>>>>>>>>>         fiir
>>>>>>>>>         Plasmaphysik
>>>>>>>>>         8046
>>>>>>>>>         Garching
>>>>>>>>>         bei
>>>>>>>>>         Miinchen,
>>>>>>>>>         Federal
>>>>>>>>>         Republic
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         Germany
>>>>>>>>>         Abstract
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         talk
>>>>>>>>>         briefly
>>>>>>>>>         reviews
>>>>>>>>>         previous
>>>>>>>>>         stationary
>>>>>>>>>         models,
>>>>>>>>>         mainly
>>>>>>>>>         configurations
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         Petschek
>>>>>>>>>         type,
>>>>>>>>>         pointing
>>>>>>>>>         out
>>>>>>>>>         their
>>>>>>>>>         shortcomings
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         basic
>>>>>>>>>         failure
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         accounting
>>>>>>>>>         for
>>>>>>>>>         fast
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         limit
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         large
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         Reynolds
>>>>>>>>>         number.
>>>>>>>>>         It
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         shown
>>>>>>>>>         that
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         this
>>>>>>>>>         limit
>>>>>>>>>         no
>>>>>>>>>         relevant
>>>>>>>>>         stationary
>>>>>>>>>         states
>>>>>>>>>         exist.
>>>>>>>>>         Instead
>>>>>>>>>         strong
>>>>>>>>>         small-scale
>>>>>>>>>         MHD
>>>>>>>>>         turbulence
>>>>>>>>>         develops
>>>>>>>>>         even
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         2D
>>>>>>>>>         geometry,
>>>>>>>>>         giving
>>>>>>>>>         rise
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         energy
>>>>>>>>>         dissipation
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         rates
>>>>>>>>>         independent
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         value
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         collisional
>>>>>>>>>         re-
>>>>>>>>>         sistivity.
>>>>>>>>>         I
>>>>>>>>>         Introduction
>>>>>>>>>         In
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         last
>>>>>>>>>         decade
>>>>>>>>>         it
>>>>>>>>>         has
>>>>>>>>>         been realized
>>>>>>>>>         that
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         presence
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         fields
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         a
>>>>>>>>>         ubiquitous
>>>>>>>>>         phenomenon
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         cosmic
>>>>>>>>>         systems.
>>>>>>>>>         On
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         one
>>>>>>>>>         hand,
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         fields
>>>>>>>>>         serve
>>>>>>>>>         as
>>>>>>>>>         a large
>>>>>>>>>         energy
>>>>>>>>>         reservoir
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         may
>>>>>>>>>         be
>>>>>>>>>         tapped
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         a fast
>>>>>>>>>         dynamic
>>>>>>>>>         process
>>>>>>>>>         leading
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         various
>>>>>>>>>         kinds
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         explosive
>>>>>>>>>         events
>>>>>>>>>         such
>>>>>>>>>         as
>>>>>>>>>         flares.
>>>>>>>>>         On
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         other
>>>>>>>>>         hand,
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         fields
>>>>>>>>>         tend
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         be
>>>>>>>>>         compressed
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         processes
>>>>>>>>>         such
>>>>>>>>>         as
>>>>>>>>>         protostar
>>>>>>>>>         formation
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         are
>>>>>>>>>         computed
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         dominate
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         dynamics
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         later
>>>>>>>>>         phases
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         a nonrealistic
>>>>>>>>>         way
>>>>>>>>>         if
>>>>>>>>>         not
>>>>>>>>>         dissipated
>>>>>>>>>         sufficiently
>>>>>>>>>         fast.
>>>>>>>>>         To
>>>>>>>>>         account
>>>>>>>>>         for
>>>>>>>>>         such
>>>>>>>>>         processes of
>>>>>>>>>         fast
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         field
>>>>>>>>>         annihilation
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         main
>>>>>>>>>         objective
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         theory
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         reconnect
>>>>>>>>>         ion.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         term
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         reconnect
>>>>>>>>>         ion
>>>>>>>>>         refers
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         picture
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         field
>>>>>>>>>         lines.
>>>>>>>>>         These
>>>>>>>>>         have
>>>>>>>>>         a well-defined
>>>>>>>>>         meaning
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         a highly
>>>>>>>>>         conducting
>>>>>>>>>         fluid,
>>>>>>>>>         viz.
>>>>>>>>>         thin
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         flux
>>>>>>>>>         tubes
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         are
>>>>>>>>>         carried
>>>>>>>>>         along
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         fluid,
>>>>>>>>>         maintaining
>>>>>>>>>         their
>>>>>>>>>         individuality,
>>>>>>>>>         though
>>>>>>>>>         they
>>>>>>>>>         may
>>>>>>>>>         be
>>>>>>>>>         wound
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         a very
>>>>>>>>>         complex
>>>>>>>>>         manner.
>>>>>>>>>         Only
>>>>>>>>>         owing
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         finite
>>>>>>>>>         electrical
>>>>>>>>>         resistivity
>>>>>>>>>         or
>>>>>>>>>         some
>>>>>>>>>         equivalent
>>>>>>>>>         process
>>>>>>>>>         may
>>>>>>>>>         two
>>>>>>>>>         field
>>>>>>>>>         lines
>>>>>>>>>         coming
>>>>>>>>>         close
>>>>>>>>>         together
>>>>>>>>>         lose
>>>>>>>>>         their
>>>>>>>>>         identities
>>>>>>>>>         by
>>>>>>>>>         being
>>>>>>>>>         cut
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         reconnected
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         a different
>>>>>>>>>         way.
>>>>>>>>>         Though
>>>>>>>>>         this
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         a local
>>>>>>>>>         process,
>>>>>>>>>         it
>>>>>>>>>         leads
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         a change
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         field
>>>>>>>>>         topology
>>>>>>>>>         permitting
>>>>>>>>>         new
>>>>>>>>>         types
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         large-scale
>>>>>>>>>         plasma
>>>>>>>>>         motions
>>>>>>>>>         that
>>>>>>>>>         would
>>>>>>>>>         otherwise
>>>>>>>>>         be
>>>>>>>>>         inhibited.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         255
>>>>>>>>>         w.
>>>>>>>>>         BrinbMnn
>>>>>>>>>         et
>>>>>>>>>         al.
>>>>>>>>>         (eds.J,
>>>>>>>>>         Physical
>>>>>>>>>         Processes
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         Hot
>>>>>>>>>         Cosmic
>>>>>>>>>         PlIlsmas,
>>>>>>>>>         255-269.
>>>>>>>>>         e
>>>>>>>>>         1990
>>>>>>>>>         Kluwer
>>>>>>>>>         Academic
>>>>>>>>>         Publishers.
>>>>>>>>>         256
>>>>>>>>>         change
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         field
>>>>>>>>>         is described
>>>>>>>>>         by
>>>>>>>>>         Faraday's
>>>>>>>>>         law:
>>>>>>>>>         oB
>>>>>>>>>         (
>>>>>>>>>         ...
>>>>>>>>>         )
>>>>>>>>>         2'"
>>>>>>>>>         7it=VX
>>>>>>>>>         iixB
>>>>>>>>>         +
>>>>>>>>>         'IV
>>>>>>>>>         B.
>>>>>>>>>         (1)
>>>>>>>>>         Here
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         ratio
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         diffusion
>>>>>>>>>         term
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         convection
>>>>>>>>>         term
>>>>>>>>>         (2)
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         a convenient
>>>>>>>>>         dimensionless
>>>>>>>>>         measure
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         resistivity,
>>>>>>>>>         Rm
>>>>>>>>>         being
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         Reynolds
>>>>>>>>>         number.
>>>>>>>>>         In
>>>>>>>>>         practically
>>>>>>>>>         all
>>>>>>>>>         astrophysical
>>>>>>>>>         plasmas
>>>>>>>>>         Rm
>>>>>>>>>         is large,
>>>>>>>>>         essentially
>>>>>>>>>         because
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         large
>>>>>>>>>         scales
>>>>>>>>>         L.
>>>>>>>>>         Hence
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         diffusion
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         general
>>>>>>>>>         a very
>>>>>>>>>         weak
>>>>>>>>>         process.
>>>>>>>>>         Magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         processes
>>>>>>>>>         such
>>>>>>>>>         as
>>>>>>>>>         solar
>>>>>>>>>         flares,
>>>>>>>>>         however,
>>>>>>>>>         seem
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         require
>>>>>>>>>         fast
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         time
>>>>>>>>>         scales
>>>>>>>>>         practically
>>>>>>>>>         independent
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         Rm.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         main
>>>>>>>>>         theoretical
>>>>>>>>>         problem
>>>>>>>>>         therefore
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         find
>>>>>>>>>         models
>>>>>>>>>         allowing
>>>>>>>>>         sufficiently
>>>>>>>>>         high
>>>>>>>>>         reconnect
>>>>>>>>>         ion
>>>>>>>>>         rates.
>>>>>>>>>         Fast
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         not
>>>>>>>>>         a diffuse
>>>>>>>>>         process,
>>>>>>>>>         but
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         strongly
>>>>>>>>>         localized
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         current
>>>>>>>>>         sheets.
>>>>>>>>>         Such
>>>>>>>>>         current
>>>>>>>>>         sheets
>>>>>>>>>         may
>>>>>>>>>         arise
>>>>>>>>>         at
>>>>>>>>>         any
>>>>>>>>>         point
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         non-vanishing
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         shear
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         a velocity
>>>>>>>>>         gradient
>>>>>>>>>         along
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         direction
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         shear
>>>>>>>>>         perpendicular
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         field,
>>>>>>>>>         i.e.
>>>>>>>>>         virtually
>>>>>>>>>         everywhere
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         plasma,
>>>>>>>>>         as
>>>>>>>>>         visualized
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         Fig.
>>>>>>>>>         1.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         simplest
>>>>>>>>>         models
>>>>>>>>>         are
>>>>>>>>>         quasi-stationary
>>>>>>>>>         configurations
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         one
>>>>>>>>>         current
>>>>>>>>>         sheet
>>>>>>>>>         at
>>>>>>>>>         a well
>>>>>>>>>         defined
>>>>>>>>>         location
>>>>>>>>>         determined
>>>>>>>>>         by
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         overall
>>>>>>>>>         geometry,
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         have
>>>>>>>>>         been
>>>>>>>>>         investigated
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         conventional
>>>>>>>>>         theory
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         basic
>>>>>>>>>         assumption
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         these
>>>>>>>>>         theoretical
>>>>>>>>>         approaches is
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         existence
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         a two-dimensional
>>>>>>>>>         subsystem
>>>>>>>>>         around
>>>>>>>>>         an
>>>>>>>>>         X-type
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         neutral
>>>>>>>>>         point
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         small
>>>>>>>>>         compared
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         global
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         configuration
>>>>>>>>>         but
>>>>>>>>>         large
>>>>>>>>>         compared
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         so-called
>>>>>>>>>         diffusion
>>>>>>>>>         region
>>>>>>>>>         around
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         neutral
>>>>>>>>>         point,
>>>>>>>>>         where
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         diffusion
>>>>>>>>>         term
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         (1)
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         important.
>>>>>>>>>         In
>>>>>>>>>         this
>>>>>>>>>         subsystem
>>>>>>>>>         conditions
>>>>>>>>>         would
>>>>>>>>>         rapidly
>>>>>>>>>         adjust
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         changes
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         global
>>>>>>>>>         configuration,
>>>>>>>>>         so
>>>>>>>>>         that
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         evolution
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         latter
>>>>>>>>>         would
>>>>>>>>>         correspond
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         a sequence
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         stationary
>>>>>>>>>         states
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         former
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         are
>>>>>>>>>         steady-state
>>>>>>>>>         solutions
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         boundary
>>>>>>>>>         conditions
>>>>>>>>>         determined
>>>>>>>>>         by
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         global
>>>>>>>>>         system.
>>>>>>>>>         This
>>>>>>>>>         is
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         idea
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         stationary
>>>>>>>>>         forced
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         prototype
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         such
>>>>>>>>>         configurations
>>>>>>>>>         is Petschek's
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         model
>>>>>>>>>         1),
>>>>>>>>>         which
>>>>>>>>>         is given
>>>>>>>>>         schematically
>>>>>>>>>         in
>>>>>>>>>         Fig.
>>>>>>>>>         2.
>>>>>>>>>         In
>>>>>>>>>         fact,
>>>>>>>>>         much
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         theoretical
>>>>>>>>>         work
>>>>>>>>>         on
>>>>>>>>>         magnetic
>>>>>>>>>         reconnection
>>>>>>>>>         2
>>>>>>>>>         ),3)
>>>>>>>>>         consists
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         modifications
>>>>>>>>>         and
>>>>>>>>>         refinements
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         this
>>>>>>>>>         model.
>>>>>>>>>         The
>>>>>>>>>         theory
>>>>>>>>>         is based
>>>>>>>>>         on
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         effect
>>>>>>>>>         that
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         motion
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         a plasma
>>>>>>>>>         may
>>>>>>>>>         be
>>>>>>>>>         supersonic
>>>>>>>>>         at
>>>>>>>>>         arbitrarily
>>>>>>>>>         low
>>>>>>>>>         speed
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         respect
>>>>>>>>>         to
>>>>>>>>>         the
>>>>>>>>>         slow
>>>>>>>>>         mode
>>>>>>>>>         . Hence,
>>>>>>>>>         by
>>>>>>>>>         analogy
>>>>>>>>>         with
>>>>>>>>>         a system
>>>>>>>>>         of
>>>>>>>>>         two
>>>>>>>>>         supersonic
>>>>>>>>>         gas
>>>>>>>>>         jets
>>>>>>
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