The effects of a shear flow on nonlinear evolutions of double tearing mode in Hall magnetohydrodynamics

The effects of a shear flow on nonlinear evolution of double tearing mode in Hall magnetohydrodynamics are investigated. The parallel shear flow displays a suppressing effect on the double tearing mode. Due to the effect of the shear flow, the relative displacements between the magnetic islands are changed, and therefore their mutual interactions become weak. Furthermore, the nonlinear impulsive growth phase of the double tearing mode is delayed with increasing the shear flow velocity. When the magnetic islands are pushing against each other, the width of current sheets decreases drastically, and therefore the Hall effects are dominant and the magnetic reconnection enhances greatly.