Energy distribution and substructure formation in astrophysical MHD simulations

F Kayanikhoo, M Čemeljić, M Wielgus… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
During substructure formation in magnetized astrophysical plasma, dissipation of magnetic
energy facilitated by magnetic reconnection affects the system dynamics by heating and …

Estimating the rate of field line braiding in the solar corona by photospheric flows

S Candelaresi, DI Pontin, AR Yeates… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we seek to understand the timescale in which the photospheric motions on the
Sun braid coronal magnetic field lines. This is a crucial ingredient for determining the …