Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink
arXiv:1803.05135 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035001
Abstract
Conversions between magnetic and kinetic energy occur over a range of plasma scales in astrophysical and solar dynamos and reconnection in the solar corona and the laboratory. Canonical flux tubes reconcile all plasma regimes with concepts of twists, writhes, and linkages. We present measurements of canonical flux tubes, their helicity, and their helicity transport in a gyrating plasma kink. The helicity gauge is removed with general techniques valid even if only a limited section of the plasma is measured. Temporal asymmetries in the helicities confirm irreducible 3D fields in the kink.
arXiv commentPublished in Physical Review Letters, 6 pages, 4 figures
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