Abstract
A Riemann solver is used, and a set of numerical simulations are performed, to study the structures of reconnection layers in the approximation of the one-dimensional ideal MHD equations. Since the Riemann solver may solve general Riemann problems, the model used in this paper is more general than those in previous investigations on this problem. Under the conditions used in the previous investigations, the structures we obtained are the same. Our numerical simulations show quantitative agreement with those obtained through the Riemann solver.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 381-398 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Plasma Physics |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1994 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We should like to acknowledge a useful discussion with Yan Song. This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship under Grant NSF-ASC-9309829, by the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, and by the Army Research Office Contract DAALO3-89-C-0038 with Army High Performance Computing Research Center at the University of Minnesota.