Stationary stagnation point flows in the vicinity of a 2D magnetic null point: I. Systems with vanishing electric field and an X-type magnetic null point

Dieter Nickeler, Marian Karlicky, Miroslav Barta

The appearance of eruptive space plasma processes, e.g., in eruptive flares as observed in the solar atmosphere, is usually assumed to be caused by magnetic reconnection. The proce…