Instabilities in the Reconnection Region from Simulations with Physical Mass Ratios

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm51c1845n&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM51C-1845

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[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [2753] Magnetospheric Physics / Numerical Modeling, [2772] Magnetospheric Physics / Plasma Waves And Instabilities

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We explore instabilities within the reconnection region using fully kinetic 2D and 3D simulations. Our goal is to employ realistic initial states and plasma parameters -- with emphasis on physical ion-electron mass ratios and observationally based guide fields. This capability is made possible through the use massively parallel simulations performed on supercomputers such as NASA's pleiades system. The aim of this study is to make quantitative predictions about properties of the reconnection region that are expected to be observed by NASA's upcoming Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS). We will focus on the guide-field dependence of instabilities (Buneman, LHDI and others) and explore their potential role as markers to help identify the location of the satellite within the reconnection region. We will also consider these instabilities as possible sources of additional dissipation and modifications of the structure of the reconnection region (e.g., enhanced turbulence and thickening of the electron diffusion region).

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