dc.contributor.author | Campbell, Jack | |
dc.contributor.author | Berger, M.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-27T15:21:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-10-20 | |
dc.description.abstract | Linking numbers, helicity integrals, twist, and writhe all describe the topology and geometry of curves and vector fields. The topology of the space the curves and fields live in, however, can affect the behaviour of these quantities. Here we examine curves and fields living in regions exterior to a sphere or in spherical shells. The winding of two curves need not be conserved because of the topology of a spherical shell. Avoiding the presence of magnetic monopoles inside the sphere is very important if magnetic helicity is to be a conserved quantity. Considerations of parallel transport are important in determining the transfer of helicity through the foot of a magnetic flux tube when it is in motion. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 544 (conference 1), article 012001 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1742-6596/544/1/012001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15954 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_GB |
dc.rights | Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.title | Helicity, linking, and writhe in a spherical geometry | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-27T15:21:17Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1742-6588 | |
exeter.article-number | 012001 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1742-6596 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series | en_GB |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-05-02T14:31:56Z | |