A modulated 3D magnetic flux tube tears like a 2D Harris sheet but with growth rate reduced by the average of the square root of the modulation, a prediction confirmed by eigenvalue and simulation methods.
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Three-dimensional tearing instability of flux-tube-like magnetic fields
A modulated 3D magnetic flux tube tears like a 2D Harris sheet but with growth rate reduced by the average of the square root of the modulation, a prediction confirmed by eigenvalue and simulation methods.