Intrinsic Rotation of a Magnetic Island with Finite Width

Coronal potential magnetic fields from photospheric sources with finite width

Finite width photospheric sources are used to generate coronal potential magnetic field configurations. The prescription of a suitable distribution of the magnetic flux function within such regions allows to solve the Grad-Shafranov equation and, using the superposition principle, to obtain magnetic field configurations related to arbitrary combinations of photospheric sources and sinks. Follow...

Finite Larmor-radius theory of magnetic island evolution.

Gyrokinetic theory is used to investigate the effect of the polarization drift on magnetic island evolution. Three regimes are found. For island phase velocities between the ion- and electric-drift velocities, the polarization current is shown to be stabilizing. For phase velocities between the electric- and electron-drift velocities, the island emits drift waves. This results in a radiative dr...

AC transport with reservoirs of finite width

The linear response conductance coefficients are calculated in the scattering approach at finite frequency, damping and magnetic field for a microstructure in which the reservoirs are modeled as quantum wire leads of infinite length but finite width. Independently of frequency, inelastic scattering causes subbands with large group velocity to contribute more strongly to the conductance than cha...

An analysis of electromagnetic scattering from finite-width strips

Finite width of shear zones.

We present some experimental and numerical results based on a simple model designed to give an estimate for the width of a shear zone. We conclude that the observed finite size of the shear zone can be associated with the propagation of the force lines inside the medium. The model, based on a simple argument on the force distribution and dilatancy, predicts a width of about ten grain diameters.