Equilibrium of a thin, isolated, axisymmetric force-free magnetic flux tube in a stratified atmosphere

dc.contributor.author	Lakshmi, P
dc.contributor.author	Gokhale, M. H
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-22T11:31:05Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-22T11:31:05Z
dc.date.issued	1988-03
dc.identifier.citation	Solar Physics, Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 75 - 80	en
dc.identifier.issn	0038-0938
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3755
dc.description.abstract	The equations for equilibrium of a thin, isolated, axisymmetric, and force-free magnetic flux tube are derived, taking into account the inhomogeneities of the magnetic field, plasma pressure, and plasma density over the tube's cross-section, and the variation of the cross-section diameter, up to the second-order in the parameter representing the tube thinness. It is shown that the two equations of equilibrium and the essential constraints applied form a closed system of equations. Auxiliary assumptions concerning the temperature of the tube plasma are found to be neither necessary nor possible.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerlink.com/content/u65t70881l7j3152/	en
dc.subject	Magnetic field configurations	en
dc.subject	Magnetic flux	en
dc.subject	Solar atmosphere	en
dc.subject	Solar corona	en
dc.subject	Coronal loops	en
dc.subject	Equations of state	en
dc.subject	Plasma diagnostics	en
dc.subject	Plasma temperature	en
dc.title	Equilibrium of a thin, isolated, axisymmetric force-free magnetic flux tube in a stratified atmosphere	en
dc.type	Article	en