Abstract
The nonlinear evolution of a Hamiltonian magnetic field line reconnection in a two-dimensional fluid plasma leads to a macroscopic equilibrium with a finite-size island and fine-scale spatial structures. The latter arise from the phase mixing of the Lagrangian invariant fields. This equilibrium is the analog of the Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal equilibrium solution for electrostatic Langmuir waves.
- Received 31 July 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5051
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