The energy of electric current sheets
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B. C. Low; Y. Q. Hu
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Article
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1983
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Springer
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English
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The free energy associated with current sheets formed by displacing magnetic dipoles in a highly conducting medium is discussed. Specific models are illustrated, based on the idea that the free energy of a magnetic field in the solar atmosphere is the energy librated after the field has relaxed to a