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torus instability: a standalone construct

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Solar physics

an ideal magnetohydrodynamic instability of a current ring that erupts once the confining field falls off steeply enough with height.

In solar physics, torus instability refers to an ideal magnetohydrodynamic instability of a current ring that erupts once the confining field falls off steeply enough with height. This meaning comes from Kliem (2006) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Kliem, B., & Török, T. (2006). Torus Instability. Physical Review Letters, 96(25). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.255002

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