Safety First: Stability and Dissipation of Line-tied Force-free Flux Tubes in Magnetized Coronae

Magnetized plasma columns and extended magnetic structures with both footpoints anchored to a surface layer are an important building block of astrophysical dissipation models. Current loops shining in X-rays during the growth of plasma instabilities are observed in the corona of the Sun and are exp...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	N. Rugg, J. F. Mahlmann, A. Spitkovsky
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Magnetars Plasma astrophysics Magnetic fields Magnetohydrodynamical simulations
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3206