Abstract
Current sheet (CS) creation in a region with anX-type zero magnetic field line in plasma was simulated by numerically solving the 3D MHD equations for conditions which were close to the solar corona: the disturbance propagated from the photosphere boundary under which the magnetic field sources were situated. Some of values (B,ρ,V) were set on the photosphere boundary, while others were determined from the conditions inside the region. Several Alfvén times after its creation, the CS motion practically ceased, and the plasma velocity changed its direction above the sheet, so that the plasma flow was directed into the CS from both sides.
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Podgorny, A.I. Numerical simulation of the current sheet above solar spots. Sol Phys 156, 41–64 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00669574
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