par Compère, Geoffrey ;Gralla, Samuel E.;Lupsasca, Alexandru
Référence Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 94, 12, 124012
Publication Publié, 2016-12-08
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Electromagnetic field configurations with vanishing Lorentz force density are known as force-free and appear in terrestrial, space, and astrophysical plasmas. We explore a general method for finding such configurations based on formulating equations for the field lines rather than the field itself. The basic object becomes a foliation of spacetime or, in the stationary axisymmetric case, of the half-plane. We use this approach to find some new stationary and axisymmetric solutions, one of which could represent a rotating plasma vortex near a magnetic null point.