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A New Mechanism for Dissipation of Alternating Fields in Poynting-dominated Outflows

Authors: Yuri Lyubarsky

LYUBARSKY 2010 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 725 L234.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 1.

Development of the Kruskal–Schwarzschild instability in accelerating flows. In the presence of an effective gravity force, the plasma drips out of the current sheet that separates the oppositely directed magnetic fields. This promotes the magnetic reconnection.

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