Critical conditions for magnetic instabilities in force-free coronal loops

DOI10.1080/03091928108243687zbMath0486.76068OpenAlexW2062627969WikidataQ114640726 ScholiaQ114640726MaRDI QIDQ3947350

A. W. Hood, Eric R. Priest

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928108243687

zbMATH Keywords

solar coronal loopsdense photosphereexact value for critical twistidealised loopkink unstable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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• The instability of a pinched fluid with a longitudinal magnetic field
• An energy principle for hydromagnetic stability problems

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