Abstract
The equations of incompressible inviscid two-dimensional MHD (magnetohydrodynamics) are numerically evolved in order to study a well-known model of forced magnetic reconnection. This problem, known as the Taylor problem, considers the response of a tearing-stable slab plasma equilibrium to a sudden, small amplitude boundary perturbation. The applied perturbation is such as to force magnetic reconnection and subsequent magnetic island formation within the plasma. The early dynamical phases of the reconnection process are investigated and found to be in good agreement with the analytic predictions of Hahm and Kulsrud [Phys. Fluids 28, 2412 (1985)]. Recent criticisms of this analysis by Ishizawa and Tokuda [Phys. Plasmas 8, 376 (2001)] are shown to be unwarranted.
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