Formation of secondary islands during magnetic reconnection

Details Formation of secondary islands during magnetic reconnection Formation of secondary islands during magnetic reconnection

Jul 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3313105d&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 13, CiteID L13105

Physics

Plasma Physics

48

Space Plasma Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause And Boundary Layers

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Full particle simulations are presented that suggest that the strength of an ambient guide magnetic field controls whether magnetic reconnection, once it is established, remains steady or becomes bursty. Specifically during anti-parallel (component) reconnection the electron current layers that form near the magnetic x-line are short (long) and therefore stable (unstable) to the formation of secondary magnetic islands. The implications for understanding magnetic reconnection and the formation of Flux Transfer Events at the magnetopause are discussed.

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